Guillermo's last day

"He's good," Guillermo's classmates said of his four-square abilities.

Guillermo is now a first grader. Thursday was his last day of school. The kindergarten teachers had planned a picnic. It was hot, but the kids had a blast. Guillermo and some of his friends ended the afternoon with a few games of four-square. Listening to the kids discuss the rules told me everything I needed to know about why Guillermo negotiates rules of any game at length before we can get started. I didn't think those kids were ever going to get the game started as they came up with rules for what is allowed, not allowed and what requires a do-over.

Before the picnic, we gave the teachers a scrapbook as a thank you gift. Each child decorated a page for the book that I later had bound. It was sweet, low tech, but sweet.

Guillermo had a great first year of school. We loved both his teacher and the assistant. His teacher is now leaving the school, on her way to teach in Saudi Arabia so saying goodbye was a little more sad than I had expected. Guillermo loved her, too, but he wasn't nearly as sad about leaving for the day, for the summer. And just before he left, he pulled out the stash of Silly Bandz he had hidden in his pocket because the students aren't allowed to wear them and slipped them on his wrist. "Hey, Ms. G, look!" he shouted to her as he walked headed to the car.