The Last Day

Today was the last day of school. It was bittersweet, of course. The kids in Boylee's class wore their PJs today, and got to watch a movie and eat popcorn. (There's a TV in his classroom, and today was the first time it was turned on all year, except for the morning of the inauguration.)

Today's highlight was the transformation of "Kenny the Caterpillar" -- on the first day of school, Mrs. Richards showed the kids a caterpillar head she'd made out of cardboard. She taped it high up on one wall, and said that they'd be constructing Kenny's body day by day, with one numbered segment for each school day, and that by the end of the year it would stretch all the way around the classroom. And they did, and it did.

Until today. When we walked in the classroom, the enormous caterpillar was gone. And in one corner of the room -- a cocoon!

And then, after lunch...a butterfly! The kids were enthralled.

And yes, Boylee did have perfect attendance.