that's a wrap

Today was my daughter's last day of kindergarten.  Sniff, sniff.  All year the children in her class have been working on "filling up their classroom bucket" with kind deeds and good citizenship.  The idea was inspired from this children's book. I thought it would be nice to get her teacher a personalized bucket and have all of the children from her class write down one word about how she fills up their bucket.  They wrote the word on a white circle and I attached them to a potted hydrangea.  We also included a gift certificate to a local garden center since her teacher is an avid gardener. We spent the afternoon at swimming lessons and are having ice cream for dinner so I would say we are definitely ready for summer!

that's a wrap

I saw this idea on the web somewhere and knew that I wanted to start this tradition with my own children.  When they finish kindergarten I will purchase this book for them.  At the end of each year I will ask their teacher to write them a message, eventually filling the front and back covers.  By the time they graduate they will have a keepsake of memories from all of the special people who helped them get to whatever place they are going.  This year I purchased one for my daughter.  Her sweet teacher already signed it and I can't wait to show it to her on the last day of school.  Do you have any fun traditions that you do on the last day of school?  I would love to hear more about them.