Last Day of School: Peace Out First Grade!

School’s out for Summer!!!

Just like my daugh­ter, Anabelle, I have been look­ing for­ward to the last day of school for quite awhile now! And yes, we did just return from a trip to Dis­ney­land, as we played hook­ie for a few days, but I’m so ready for late night sleep-ins, lazy days at the pool and our annu­al trips to vis­it fam­i­ly in Cal­i­for­nia… oh, and maybe a lit­tle work thrown in there, too. 😉

Since the start of Kinder­garten, we start­ed an annu­al tra­di­tion {ummm, yes, it’s only been two years, but you have to start some­where!} to take a pic­ture on the first and last days of school with lit­tle chalk­board signs I made to record the dates. The first day of school shows what she wants to be when she grows up at that moment in time, and the last day doc­u­ments her favorite parts of the school year. I just love the side-by-side com­par­i­son and how it visu­al­ly demon­strates how much of a dif­fer­ence one school year makes. It seems like just yes­ter­day we were prep­ping for the start of Kinder­garten with a Too Cool for School fash­ion show!

Even though Teacher Appre­ci­a­tion Week was just last month, we want­ed to thank my daugh­ter’s 1st grade teacher for all her hard work and sup­port this past year. While tak­ing my week­ly stroll through our local Tar­get {and yes, I’m pre­tend­ing I only go there once a week!}, I fell in love with the fun and bright col­ors of the new Sum­mer Lemon­ade Stand serve­ware col­lec­tion. I quick­ly put togeth­er a lit­tle buck­et gift and added these adorable hand tongs found in the “dol­lar bin” sec­tion. Paired with a cute lit­tle tag and rib­bon, it turned out to be a super cute last day of school gift!

As if the last day of school isn’t fun enough, I decid­ed to sur­prise Anabelle with a lit­tle gift at pick-up to cel­e­brate the occa­sion. Ever since it’s warmed up here in Vegas, she’s been rid­ing her bike and scoot­er, but she’s final­ly out­grown her princess hel­met she’s had for sev­er­al years. The same trip to Tar­get includ­ed more fun finds from the dol­lar bin {buck­et, bub­bles and Sum­mer col­or­ing project} and a brand-spankin’ new spark­ly hel­met! I topped it off with a lit­tle tag I cre­at­ed with clip art from JW Illus­tra­tions and Maree Tru­elove. Can’t wait to give it to her… and head to our first Sum­mer out­ing for some shaved ice!

 What are your vaca­tion plans?!

Merci Beaucoup!

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