Adios, 1st Grade!

Luke had an amazing year in 1st grade and he was very sad for it to come to an end.  He learned so much over the course of the year.  He's become an awesome reader and loves Junie B. Jones and Flat Stanley books.  We just found a new series this week that he's enjoying - Jack Russell - Dog Detective.  His writing skills have only continued to improve and he wows me with the math he can do in his head!  The first grade had a short celebration of the year with a few awards thrown in.  We were so proud of Luke for receiving awards for reading, math, & being a good library patron (boy after my own heart!).  The whole thing only lasted about 20 minutes at most, but it was a fun way to say goodbye to first grade and start thinking about moving up to a whole new world in 2nd grade.  Luke's school is arranged in "pods" - Kindergarten & 1st share a pod, 2nd & 3rd share one, and so on.  He's pretty excited to move on to a whole new world out of the K-1 pod.  I don't even know where the 2-3 pod is...I guess he'll have to show me.  Here are some pics from his award day.

Standing up with the other kids who received the same award.

Brandon and Luke

I love how happy he is to be in this picture with me!

We will miss Mrs. Smith terribly next year.  She was such an awesome 1st grade teacher.  We should only be so lucky to get someone as wonderful as her for 2nd grade!