It takes a village

Here are the things to do and places to be on Thursday: 

Go to work--the last day of school! 

Plan for a morning PD session the next day

Attend Nellie's last and only concerts for band and choir at 9:30 and 2:30 

Celebrate Eddie's 7th birthday! 

and 

Take Kevin in for shoulder surgery 

Because all of those things happened with or without me...I have a lot of people to thank! 

Thank you to my colleague and friend Katie for helping to plan all the fun parts of the PD (our annual "PLT Jamboree). 

Thank you to my mom for attending both of Nellie's concerts and sending me pictures and updates. 

Thank you to Jenni for working extra late at school so she could drive the kids home when the surgery was pushed back to the afternoon. 

Thank you Katherine and Chris for helping me think through discussion prompts when I couldn't seem to get them quite right. 

Thank you Roger for making an emergency trip out to school on Friday with the flamingo cookies I forgot to pick up on Thursday. 

and 

Thank you Nellie and Annie for making the cakes for Eddie's birthday party on Friday! 

It was a challenging, though appropriate, end to the 2020-2021 school year. We all needed to depend on each other a LOT to make this year happen, so although stress levels were high, it was a relief to watch that village in action. We're really looking forward to some summer fun, relaxing, and recovering!

We got up extra early so Eddie could open his presents - happy birthday, Eddie!

Last day of school for the four of us. Also, we have a puppy! Lafayette kept licking DJ when we were trying to get a picture.

Choir concert. As I told Nellie, by favorite part was hearing her solo. My second favorite was Dwayne Johnson watching over them!

Nellie and friends--she had a great year even though she wasn't back in the building until March!