Last Day of 1st Grade

Yesterday was Jaxen's last day of school.

His last day of 1st grade.

"1st grade" sounds small.

"2nd grade" sounds big.

And that makes me sad...and proud!

Wednesday morning Jaxen woke up and sat on the edge of his bed and was smiling.

Before I could ask why he was smiling, he said "Do you know why I'm smiling?"

"It's because I'm almost a 2nd grader."

It was so sweet and young and innocent.

He had lots of changes in 1st grade...

He started out with 1 teacher and a student teacher,

then we moved from an apartment to a house,

then he said good-bye to his friends he had been with for 1 1/2 years,

he moved to a new school, new class, new friends, new teacher,

then his teacher went on maternity leave,

he had another new teacher,

and then the last month of school his original teacher came back.

Wow. That's a lot for a 6 year old.

He has done so well, overall, though - and has not lost his 'spunk'!

He has excelled at reading.

He is a great speller.

It takes him a little time, but can do math wonderfully - he is even working on "time tables"!

The only area where he really needs work in, is his writing.

And we will work on that this summer.

I am excited for Jaxen to be in 2nd grade!!!

First / Last day of 1st grade