The End of Preschool. :(

Avelyn had her last day of preschool last week. It makes me sad she's growing so fast yet I love how she's turning out. Now, I'll admit, she hasn't had the easiest year. Let's just say that Avelyn has a mind of her own. She started off the school year just great and then...well, the diva came out. Avelyn was the very FIRST child to ever look directly into the director of the preschool's eyes and tell her, "NO!". She also REFUSED to make friends because they didn't know how to play how she did. If she did have friends, they were always in the older classes so she wouldn't play with anyone until she was outside for recess and even then, she spent most of the time on the tricycle. I began to really worry about her. Myself as a child was always the perfectionist and cooperative, yes-ma'am, mind the teacher, child so this was completely foreign to me. Well, Avelyn finally started turning around slightly after the beginning of the year. She started warming up to at least the boys in her class. Gage was always her best friend even though she hardly played with him. Then Price was, then Matthew, and so on...Hey I'm not going to complain that they were all boys. They were FRIENDS! Avelyn finally came around to allowing the girls play with her at the end of the year. Progress!!! Even her teacher Ms. Carrie was excited and Avelyn was even willing to do what they all were doing in class. One thing Avelyn is not, is artistic. Does that mean my child is not creative? No way! That girl can create the most beautiful, hilarious, angry stories I've ever heard from any 3 year old. She's quite brilliant at it. She just doesn't like drawing, writing, painting, etc. If she does do something it's fast, sloppy, & thrown together because she just wanted to get it over with. I got very few projects from her throughout the year. I can probably use just my 10 fingers to count the amount of work I got to see. She would only do them if she was in the mood and that only lasted a few minutes. Avelyn always has more important things to do. Again, foreign to me because I love being crafty! I'm learning that my child isn't me and that's OK. Roan might be my little artist. ;)



Here's Avelyn's EOY party! Her picture with her teachers is the best that I could get from her. She was upset that I made her get off the tricycle and no matter what we would try to do to make her smile, this is the best we got. Oh well! Memories!