school's out!

school's out for summer! i cannot believe another year is over and done. i picked up my kindy boy and year one girl for the last time today and braced myself for the next 6 weeks of holidays ahead. i'm so proud of madeline, after winning the citizenship award in her class last week, she's also brought home an honour roll certificate this week... this girl is on fire!

we have been so so blessed with our childrens teachers this year, madeline had the absolutely amazing miss hannah, who loved her so much. she was kind, gentle and genuine and clearly adored her, always having extra chats with her, emailing funny (and not so funny!) stories to me and taking a genuine interest in her and the rest of the class.  we found out just earlier this week that she isn't returning to ellen stirling next year and we are so sad about it. teachers like that are few and far between and we just love her so much!

joseph has been looked after by mrs. black, who was also incredible, coaxing our shy little boy out of his shell and teaching him to love school and learning. she's so lovely... i'll miss seeing her each morning too... here's hoping she has alex one day too, fingers crossed!

can you tell they are a little excited about holidays? (okay, i must confess this is somewhat of a lie... madeline was devastated about leaving miss hannah behind and whined all the way to the car about how it "wasn't fair" and can't i go and have a sleepover at miss hannah's in the holidays? haha. we do hope to see her again though as she doesn't live all that far away and did ask us to email to keep in touch. ♥

so where to after school? the water park of course... i am fairly certain this will be our home for the next 6 weeks. the kids love it here, there is plenty of shade for baby and i - and it's going to be a long, hot summer!