The End of the First

Today was Peter's last day of first grade. I found the picture that I posted from his first day, let's compare.

The first day:

The last day:

I think he looks older, don't you?

He had a really wonderful teacher this year. She was exactly what what Peter needed. We both wrote thank you notes to her. I didn't take pictures of mine, but I did of Peter's. I suggested that he write "Thank You" on the cover; he decided to go a different direction.

Here's the cover, which contains a thunderstorm, a flood, and a tornado.

And the inside, which (in addition to a note) has a volcano and a mudslide.

And the back cover, which has a tsunami, a rock slide, and an avalanche. He has a love/hate relationship with natural disasters. His teacher and I were both amused by it.

Here's Peter's amazing teacher. She's very young, which made me nervous at the beginning of the year. But it turns out her youth and energy and fresh ideas proved very helpful to Peter. I hope he's lucky enough to get another teacher like this next year.