More photos from her party and today’s celebrations to come…
The kids are officially on summer vacation. They finished their last day of school on Thursday. Sebastian will be moving on to 4th grade and Sophia 1st grade in the fall. Sebastian had a year filled with lots of math and learning to write in cursive. He excelled at both. He has better handwriting than Mike and me! He was also give the “Peacemaker Award” by his teacher. Only one student in the classroom was given an award and Sebastian was chosen. The honor goes to the student who best resolves conflict and teaches his peers by example. Sophia also had a great year by making new friends, learning to count to 100 and reading! She loves to read Dr. Seuss, Little Critter books, or just about anything on her bookshelf. I snapped a couple of pictures in the morning before they headed off to their last day of school. But first, here’s a picture of Mike and Sophia at her Teddy Bear picnic.
It was a sad day at our house yesterday. Mike had to tell Sebastian and Sophia that our next door neighbor’s dog, Ty, passed away (I had chickened out and couldn’t do it). Ty had lived next door to us for Sebastian and Sophia’s whole lifetime. Sebastian used to take Ty for walks with our neighbor Greg. It was an exciting time when Greg and Pam would go out-of-town for a few days and we would be in charge of feeding and walking Ty. Sebastian did the math and Ty would have been between 91 and 98 years old in dog years. We never knew how old he really was because Greg found him as a stray. The kids made cards for Greg and Pam last night. Sophia drew a picture of Ty and wrote on the front “I’m sorry Ty died”. Sophia likes to get to the point. Sebastian thought she should say “passed away” instead of “died”. She went with her original wording in the end. I’m sure Greg and Pam understood – she’s only five. Sebastian wrote out a letter with all the thing he loved about Ty and how much he will miss him. The kids brought the cards next door with a batch of home-made cookies. They said they didn’t need me to come with. I was very proud of them for their thoughtfulness and true sympathy.
M. Sullivan Photography 