Kiddie Kollege

The school year ends early for my classes at Kiddie Kollege. This Thursday was graduation for both of my three year old classes, and they all did so well. I have loved (almost) every minute with my classes this year, and I felt so lucky to have so many kids that I know already in my classes, from nieces and nephews, to the kids in my neighborhood. I wanted to do something special for all of them, so I actually dusted off my sewing machine and went to work.

Here they are. The skirts I made. All 14 of them. (If you only count 13, I had to give one away early.) Each skirt took about an hour to make, but it was so worth it.

I loved shopping for the fabric (thank you, Joann's, for your 50% off fabric), and certain fabrics would match the personalities of each of the girls in my class. Emma was also a great help in choosing fabric. She kept me thinking like a little girl instead of like a 38 year old girl.

I made pillowcases for all the boys, and had my mom help embroider their names on them. I also tried to match the fabric of the pillowcases to each of the boys and their likes and favorite colors. I thought they turned out too cute.

I am one of those lucky people who can say that I love my job. I love everything about it. I love working for and around my mom and sister. I love the ladies I work with and consider them close friends (thank you for plowing my Facebook farm yet again, Mary). And I love being surrounded by adorable children who love me unconditionally. It is humbling, to say the least.

Here are some of the things I will miss the most:

1-Gracie getting dirtier than all the boys combined. Every. Single. Day.
2-Dane helping me fold my laundry.
3-Kate's pigtails and thumb combo, and sudden outbursts of super long sentences.
4-Aubree's perfect green eyes and beautiful mermaid hair. (She seriously needs to be a model)
5-Cade's curly locks.
6-Jackson calling me "ancient" on my birthday.
7-Watching the boys fight over who got to sit by Cameron.
8-Watching Kayla sing "Miss Molly."
9-Listening to Payton sing/spell her name multiple times. Every day.
10-Ruby's crack. It was everywhere. =) It matched her sense of humor perfectly.
11-Stockton's perfectly colored pictures.
12-Zanna's perfect hair every single day, and her little crush on Boston.
13-Mirabel's dresses. Every last one of them. (She only wore pants maybe twice)
14-Robert's pronunciation of my name and the "green frog."
15-Kennedy's precious smile.
16-Corbyn leaving his seat every day just to give me a hug.
17-Alyssa's blue eyes and purple cast.
18-Gracee's darling outfits made by her talented mom.
19-Brogan's cologne (for real) and treats to me every single holiday.
20-Collin and Boston becoming the best of friends.
21-Logan's smile and walking on his toes. Everywhere.
22-Levi's incessant desire to please me.
23-Hearing Ava's voice for the first time. She was always too shy to even speak.
24-Halle telling me her favorite song was "the bleacher song" which I finally figured out to be "You Belong to Me" by Taylor Swift. "She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers."

It really is a good thing that I will still see most all of these kids at least once a week. =) It has been such a fun, fun school year.

"There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million."

~Walt Streightiff