school endings

With summer break officially 3 days away the tune has gone from, "only 5 more days of school, hooray!" to "only 3 more days of school. I don't want 1st grade to end." It doesn't help that the last 2 weeks of school are jam packed with parties and fun. My little girl despises change. (I don't know where she gets that from.) She worries about not seeing her friends, if her next teacher will like her, and if she is smart enough for the second grade. Oh man, if only there was a way that she could see her life the way I see it. She has NO need to worry. It leads me to wonder how much stress we place on ourselves unnecessarily. If only we could see the B I G picture. 

Anyway, the first grade party agenda for today: drive-in movie. Each child makes a car out of a cardboard box and parks it in the gym for the afternoon theater. Somebody was so excited she could hardly wait for the day. We had a great time on Saturday creating her "safari jeep," (I have no clue where she came up with that idea) after which she and Max went for many drives around the kitchen. She went all out creating the dashboard, license plate, and her drivers license. I wish I could be a fly on the wall