Liam’s end of the year party

June 17, 2011

Today marks the end of Liam’s first year of preschool. He went Tuesday and Thursday mornings and has learned so much. We feel so incredibly blessed to have found a Montessori school that is so close to home that has the most wonderful teachers we could ask for. Meribeth and Leslie have been a tremendous support to our “tender” (Meribeth’s word) little Liam. He made a couple really good friends this year as well – Nathan, his best friend, is the little guy in the picture. They are literally connected at the hip. Liam had many ups and just a few downs. He always comes home on Thursdays excited to show me all the things he has made. This last week was a bird house for Leif for Father’s Day. He loves to have visitors and when grandma came to visit, Liam was very polite in making sure everyone got to know “Nancy.” When Skyler comes in to visit, Liam pulls her close and shows her what to do. Little Isaac is another good buddy that Liam both adores and fears. Isaac is the boy that is total chaos and all boy – loves to build machines and lasers and guns that scare the ___ out of Liam yet Liam loves to hang out with him.

There were two end of the year parties for Juanita Montessori. The first was a bbq at St. Edward’s Park where all the families brought a picnic. The kids had practiced some songs to sing for us and Skyler just about had a fit when she realized they were singing without her. She ran out into the middle of the “stage” and yelled “WAIT!!!” Then Liam grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him and Skyler pretended to know the songs. The second party was a carnival at Turtle Park. Nathan’s mom and I volunteered to spray paint the kids hair (in hopes that Liam would get over his fear of having red hair – another Isaac thing). Liam wanted his hair red and orange and Skyler’s was pink and red. Leif got to come on his lunch break to see the kids and eat a hot dog as well.