Last Day of School Breakfast

Every year on the last day of school we have a special breakfast to celebrate.  I get small gifts for the girls to celebrate the arrival of summer.  I also write them each a letter to tell them all of the things I enjoyed about the year with them and all of the things I am looking forward to doing over summer break.  This year was bittersweet as it was Rachel's last year in school.  We had the breakfast at a crazy time full of party prep and college stuff so it was a bit chaotic to the outside observer but for me it was a quiet reflective time.  A morning spent looking at these young ladies and still seeing them as little bitty squirts excited for the summer to come...a time we would would fill together swimming in the pool, going to the library, reading endless books (some out loud) playing board games, and just being all together with no plans.  I am so thankful for all of those memories.