Nursery Student of the Month!

Congratulations Hannah!!

We are so proud of Hannah, who was chosen as the student of the month for her Nursery class for the month of May! Hannah has come a long, long way since the beginning of the school year, both at home and in the classroom. Her rocky start to school included some killer temper tantrums that threatened to derail her school career at an early age. She is a stubborn, stubborn girl and would just dig her feet in about anything. We worked with her at home, and her amazing teacher Ms. LeMaitre (who incidentally might have earned a spot in Heaven just for her work with Hannah) worked tirelessly with her at school. And you know what? All that hard effort paid off.

By about Christmas break things started to click, Hannah really started to mature, and her interest in school peaked. She now goes to school full day, three days a week and loves it. She is a great friend, super helpful, and a great learner. She participates in class, helps her teacher, plays with her friends, and seems to love every minute of it (even nap time when she has to be quiet). I have noticed so, so much growth in Hannah over the last year, and obviously so has her teacher. Gone is that fussy little girl from the beginning of the school year, and here to stay is a smiley, loving, energetic fire ball. Congratulations Hannah, we knew you could do it. . .  and are so glad you did!!

Hannah really likes this picture for a number of reasons: 1. She is standing with her good friend Susie from the Pre-Kindergarten class. She loves Susie. 2. It is on the playground. Enough said. 3. Pandy is in the picture with her. 4. She is wearing a hood (?)

To celebrate, and really praise her, we took the girls out to dinner at Outback, a real treat for them. Hannah kept shouting out "We are celebrating ME!" It was pretty cute. She loved the positive attention.

Emily is looking quite big in this picture to me. 

She even got to order desert of her choosing. She really wanted this one for the "Nilla" ice cream. We all dug in and helped her with the chocolate bits.

And look who is really starting to get the hang of this walking thing!

We used the video function on the camera for some entertainment while we waited for our dinner. Hannah performed her rendition of the ABCs.

Emily performed Ba Ba Black Sheep, with a twist of her own at the end.