Last Day of School Finally!

With much anticipation we waited for the last day of school! Going to school through the end of July can be quite painful some days. At the same time, having nice ten day breaks throughout the school year is not so bad after all either. 

Alex finished his Year 6. Yay! No more Primary School for him. 

Favorite subject this year--definitely Literacy (English). Alex loves writing! He has been working with his teacher Mr. Church on so many pieces of his writing and was praised highly by many. Alex is super excited to go to start the American school for the first time in four years!

This little boy, with awesome funky hair is Mark, who finished his third year of school (he is 7 right now) after Year 2. 

His teacher this year was Mrs. Taylor, a very kind but quite strict teacher. She let Mark progress really quickly and always encouraged him to move forward, and at the same time reminding him not to grow a big head if things are just too easy for him:)) He loves Mrs. Taylor and frequently asks me to send her a message on facebook (now that we are in NC) to let her know how we are doing. He is definitely a charmer and he knows that. 

On the last day of school I told the kids they could invite some friends over for ice cream. Alex and Sarah walked home together--Sarah is his very good friend and they have frequently hung out together or walked home/to school together this year. A few of his friends (Nathan and Jude) said they would come but couldn't make it after all.

Here is Mark with his friends Eddie and Lucas and Laura and their siblings. 

We had to set out our FMO temporary furniture outside as that's all we had, but no one cared. Nice, huge packages of ice cream from the commissary impressed everyone:))

We'll miss this simplicity of life and friends, village walks and school events. English schools have been a blessing to us as they let our kids blossom and learn so much! We are also so grateful for all the opportunities in music that they had as part of the school, we definitely miss that.

Alex is already collecting money to buy a ticket to England to go visit his friends:)

Lyana.