Somehow this year, the last day of school came too fast. Originally, June 14th was supposed to be the last day of school, a half day, to be exact. Then Friday before the last week of school, we received a message that due to the need to start renovations as soon as possible, the last day of school would be June 13th. In my mind, I was thinking how grateful I was for scheduling our pack out for June 12th and 13th so it would be done while Katya and Alex were at school.
Because our morning was rather hectic with the movers coming minutes after kids left for school, we forgot to take an individual picture of Katya!
The kids had a fantastic year! Katya had a great teacher, Mr. Lee, who always was building her self-esteem by telling her how wonderful of a student and friend to others she is. In fact, Katya received an Academic Achievement Award and a Citizenship Award this year. She especially excelled in reading and composition. Besides that, Katya received an award for performing 100 push ups!
Alex had a fun year with Ms. Wilds. He is the kid who is never forced to read books, instead, he gets in trouble for not listening when we ask him to put away his books. His reading level is exceptionally high for a first grader, so he is able to read non-fiction literature meant for fifth and sixth graders. Alex is fascinated with earthquakes, tsunamis (understandably), volcanoes, tornadoes, geography, snakes and famous buildings. This April, I received a message from his PE coach asking me permission for Alex to stay after school to talk about geography since coach himself is a big fan of geography and was astonished at how much Alex already knows. Alex loved those few times he was able to chat with the coach at the school library! If you ever come to visit us, you’ll most definitely get tested on “the capitals of the world”. Oh, lastly, Alex was awarded a “Future leader” award by his teacher, possibly because of how confident he is that he is “the smartest kid in the class” (someone has a very big head-hahahaha).
Now, our crazy summer started. Nothing will be ordinary about this summer as we are preparing to say goodbye to Misawa. Looking forward to this fall (or, should I say, “autumn”?) when kids, hopefully, will start British school.
Because our morning was rather hectic with the movers coming minutes after kids left for school, we forgot to take an individual picture of Katya!
So, let me present you our Second grader (now), Alex. Pajama pants look is a bit strange, if you ask me, but their class was having a pajama party that day, so Alex was actually excited about wearing his pjs to school.
This is what Alex looked liked on the first day of his First grade, obviously very excited…
And here are Katya and Alex together last week….
And last August…
“How sad are you that you are moving?” This is their sad/sleepy/tired look.
First time EVER—Robert was home to send the kids off to school on their last day!
Alex had a fun year with Ms. Wilds. He is the kid who is never forced to read books, instead, he gets in trouble for not listening when we ask him to put away his books. His reading level is exceptionally high for a first grader, so he is able to read non-fiction literature meant for fifth and sixth graders. Alex is fascinated with earthquakes, tsunamis (understandably), volcanoes, tornadoes, geography, snakes and famous buildings. This April, I received a message from his PE coach asking me permission for Alex to stay after school to talk about geography since coach himself is a big fan of geography and was astonished at how much Alex already knows. Alex loved those few times he was able to chat with the coach at the school library! If you ever come to visit us, you’ll most definitely get tested on “the capitals of the world”. Oh, lastly, Alex was awarded a “Future leader” award by his teacher, possibly because of how confident he is that he is “the smartest kid in the class” (someone has a very big head-hahahaha).
Now, our crazy summer started. Nothing will be ordinary about this summer as we are preparing to say goodbye to Misawa. Looking forward to this fall (or, should I say, “autumn”?) when kids, hopefully, will start British school.
So heart touching!!!! Katia and Alex look like they are Tweens;))) I wish Mika could have more time talking and playing with them! Love you, guys!!!
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