This one's for my students! =)

So last week was bittersweet! I was looking forward to it being over cause I have been burned out and ready for a break for several weeks, not to mention my kids had totally forgot how to behave and a few of them had turned into little brats! Anyways come Tuesday, after a nice long weekend, I was really glad to be back in the classroom (sometimes it's hard to be there but I miss it so much when I'm away). I got there in the morning excited to see my kids and found out we were the only 2nd grade class that had mad improvement on our end of level testing from last year. My kids scores on average had gone up 2% from the year before. So we got to go out in the back of our school and play on the big blow up toys for an hour and then we got popsicles. It was a lot of fun and I was so proud of my kids.

Friday was an exciting day to be done and to be able to have a break....but it was also a very hard day. I did fine until I was walking my kids out. Everyday I walk them to the front of the school and they give me hugs or high fives. Knowing this was my final time I had them and that this would be my last high five or hug was so hard...I started crying with the first hug and just cried harder and harder as each one gave me a hug goodbye. Several of my kids are moving to different schools and so I knew I probably wouldn't see them again which was very hard! I walked down to my class and sat and cried for a few minutes and then had to pull myself together to go to our luncheon. My students were a huge part of my life and I'm sure next years will be too but for now I feel like a part of me is missing!

It's amazing how much of your life your students become...but when you consider you spend over 30 hours with them each week I guess it makes sense. I have loved getting to know them and their cute little personalities and little quirks. Even my tough kids have become a huge part of me. My hardest student, I am realizing is one of the students I miss the most. She has taught me a lot this year and we have grown and figured out each other together. I will never forget these cute kids...this being my first year I think I counted on them to help me out a lot...and they have been so patient with me as I figure out what I'm doing and as I switch things around and screw things up. I will miss their hugs and their cute stories and funny comments...they really have had such an impact on my life this year and have kept me smiling and laughing even when I am so tired and worn out I feel like I could just curl up and die.

So in ending this is to my adorable students who I will miss so much! I had the cutest little girls this year who always tell me how cute I look, who always want to help me, and who are always drawing me pictures and writing me letters. And to my boys who kept me laughing and kept me on my toes. I had some boys who would say the funniest things that I would try to get mad at them for talking when they shouldn't be but instead I would just start laughing because what they had said was so funny!