So Long, Preschool

Last week the TumbleBus came to our house for and end-of-the-year preschool party. Sarah and several of the neighborhood children were involved in a preschool coop. All of us moms took our turn teaching the kids. It was so much fun getting to know these fun kiddos. We had eight-- six girls and two boys, and they learned a lot. Sarah can say the whole pledge of allegiance by herself now and knows most of her letters by sight. Thanks to all the mom-teachers who taught her! It was neat to see the different styles that we all used and how the kids responded to different things. I also appreciate that my daughter learned to trust some other adults and feel comfortable in different situations, not that she was very shy to start with, but it's still a good thing.

But back to the bus. The bus was the big moment for Sarah. She had been looking forward to it for weeks. A friend that I work with owns it and takes it around to parties and such. (She's actually waiting to hear from the TV show Trick My Truck to see if she gets a bus makeover or not. We're all crossing our fingers for her.) She guided the kids through climbing ropes, ladders, balancing, jumping on a trampoline (yes- inside the bus!) and taking turns- that last skill was maybe the most difficult. You can see by how red Sarah's cheecks are that she played hard and didn't stop until the bus pulled away.
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And then, when they started to get restless, she hooked up a zip line! Wow. Those kids were in heaven. She even helped Maren get on the zipline for a few seconds. The older kids were kind of jealous that they couldn't fit on the zip line (and I have to admit I thought it looked pretty fun too).

This is also the last week of school for Jared and Rachel- you know those grueling days of field days, movies, desk cleaning and parties. Then summer is here, and things should really get crazy. I feel like there are so many things on the docket for the summer that I'm already tired.