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first and last.

I was all prepared this year and finally did something I had wanted to do for the last couple of years.

Last day of school pictures.

I LOVE comparison pictures. It can show you just how far you’ve come and how much further you may have to go. It shows grow, change and maturity. Really cool stuff to document.

You may think I have it easy since my kids have blue eyes and they just pop and are so bright in pictures. Well let me tell you, people with blue eyes (not me) are way more sensitive to light, so when we head outside, I almost always have an eye squinter, tears and looking down pictures to deal with. Hunter is particularly bad, his eyes are so, so sensitive to light.

Unfortunately this little bugger doesn’t get his own back to/last day of school picture for another year.

Sigh.

I also made some teacher gifts this year. They were really, cheap to make too, I think they were about $5 for two of them.

I painted some clay pots (all supplies from where else, Michaels!!) with black chalk board paint, and the rim yellow. Marked out a ruler and drew the lines with a sharpie marker. The plants are from Home Depot and that’s it.

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last day of kindergarten.

I only think it fitting to post pictures of Lily’s last day of kindergarten on the eve of her starting first grade. (We have some very excited children here tonight)

Here she is with the most wonderful teacher ever, Mrs. King.

We also managed to make some sweet little treats for Lily’s classmates. I think I got the idea from howdoeshe.com but I’m not sure… (it’s been awhile) I just exchanged the American “smarties”, what we call rockets for Canadian Smarties.

And for a comparison, here she is on her first day of Kindergarten.

first day of school. {2010}

Well, another summer is under our belt, another year and grade older too. This morning we sent the two oldest off on their first day of school, and trust me, all of us were more than happy to see them on their way.

This year Hunter is starting Grade 3, and his teacher is Mr. Brown.

We had some issues taking his pictures in the backyard. He kept squinting saying the sun was too bright, so I kept getting shots like this…

So we moved to the front deck to do his pictures.

This year Ava is starting Grade 2, with Mrs. Finch.

Sigh, she is so grown up.

 

And because this is so much fun… First day 2009 and First day 2010.

 

What a difference 1 year makes.

Lily starts her school class tomorrow, and it’s her 5th birthday!! So I’ll have more to share later! xoxo!