First Day

Dear Taylor and Anna,

1st Grade and 3rd Grade!  We are so proud of you two and are so thrilled that another year is starting.

Fresh pencils, fresh paper, fresh crayons (only 24 individually labeled twistable Crayolas).

There is something so exciting about a new school year.  We are thrilled with both of your teachers and think it is going to be a great year:)

New playground in the background!

 Taylor and some of her cute friends.

Taylor, your teacher started with a poem.

Unity

I dreamed I stood in a studio 

and watched the sculptors there. 

The clay they used was a young child's mind, 

and they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher; 

the tools he used were books, and music, and art. 

One, a parent with a guiding hand, 

and a gentle, loving heart.

Day after day the teacher toiled, 

with touch that was deft and sure, 

While the parents labored by his side 

and polished and smoothed it o'er.

And when at last their task was done, 

they were proud of what they had wrought. 

For this thing they had molded in the child 

could neither be sold nor bought.

And each agreed he would have failed 

if he had worked alone, 

For behind the parent stood the school 

and behind the teacher, the home.

--Author Unknown-

Buckle up kids!  It's going to be a great year.

xoxo

mom