A Bittersweet Symphony

Well, I'm done at Sycamore! :( Back in January, I NEVER though this day would come, and now it's came and went waayyy too fast!!! I couldn't ask for a better day! I was COMPLETELY overwhelmed by flowers, jewelry, candy, cards, balloons, gifts, and soooooooo many sweet words and hugs from my kids and teachers! Everybody at Sycamore is incredible and I'm gonna miss them so much! I think I ran out of tears towards the end of the day because I cried so much... wait, no I was still crying when I put my stuff in the car.. just not as much. My next school is gonna have some high expectations to meet! Here are some pictures from my last day...

Steph! LOVE HER!!

Dr. B! The most AMAZING principal ever!!

Cha-Cha Chimps! The book they dedicated to me in the Sycamore Library!

Just a few of the sweet flowers and gifts from my favorite kiddos and teachers! I already miss them thinking about it!

On a happier and more exciting note, my mom is coming in today to help us drive a car back home! Never thought this day would come either... :)

I'm baaaack!!

The last few weeks have been crazily busy!!

It all started when I got sick and had flu-like symptoms and chest pains. I went to the doctor and he called it anxiety. I've never been that crazy, overly worried about everything, hyper ventilating kind of person, but from what my doctor and Aaron tell me, stress and anxiety come in different ways.. so apparantly, I was anxious/stressed... Then, I started having pain in my neck, so my doctor ordered an MRI for me, had that done, and turns out I have a little arthritis in my neck. What?!? So anyway, 3 weeks later, all is well in my body and I'm back to normal! Spring Break and a week off of work definitely help the situation!!

After all the hospital/doctor's office visits, I had to catch up with stuff at work. I've been getting my classroom packed up and organizing paperwork for the teacher who is taking over my place and in the middle of all that, my assistant principals have been in my room for evaluations. So, there's been a lot of action and commotion going on in my room over the past few weeks.

Other than that, everything's moving right along up here. Aaron and I make the big move back home in 12 days! We are so excited and can't wait to get back home closer to friends and family! Next week is my last week with my kids. I had a talk with them last week about me moving. I had to get on their level and explain that I'm moving because my husband has a job over there and it's a good thing because I'll get to see my mom and dad every day like they see their mom every day. Can you imagine the responses I got from 20 four year olds!?!! "But Mrs. Downs, I don't want a new teacher, I want you to be my teacher." "Mrs. Downs, if you leave, who's gonna be our teacher?" "Why are you going to Texas?" "What's Texas like?" "Are you gonna come visit us in Kindergarten?" Haha! I'm gonna miss my babies! So we'll see how next week goes...

Chloe got a summer haircut! Here's the before and after of the new, freshly cut Chloe!! She looks like a whole new puppy dog! :)