The last day of the schoolyear

Friday school will finish early and the afterschool care is closed... so I ended up taking the day off. But I cannot believe how fast that year has gone by... it was already Soufyan's second year at school, and if I think about how little Yaesseen was when I dropped him off for his first day in November 2006, I cannot believe how much he has grown, and I do not mean that in a physical way. But Soufyan has gone even further, it's unbelievable, two of my babies are growing into actual boys...

Tomorrow I have to pass by the school at noon to go talk to their teacher, because I had to work the late shift when there was a teacher-parent meeting thingy on Tuesday, the teacher asked me to drop by to have a talk about our two eldest.
Which will bring me to the following: they have this amazing teacher, called juf Wendy. She is about my age, has a daughter who is only a month younger then Ilyas and what she has done for our boys is well and truly amazing. Last year it didn't go all that well on school for Soufyan, he had a lot of problems with his teacher who couldn't really deal with him. Which ended up in him stepping out of the classroom, slamming the door during his second week at school, aged 2 and a half... But this year he really learned a lot and this teacher really got to him and dealt with him the way he needed. Hats off for her, since she did not only have Soufyan, but Yaesseen as well in her class, as well as 25 other toddlers, I couldn't do it... give me an angry customer any time a day, but don't ask me to quiet down 27 toddlers... I'd be the one stepping out of the classroom, slamming the door and cry... ;)

But yet another schoolyear has flown by, I don't remember them doing so when I was still at school. But it will do our boys a lot of good, because they really need some time off, however two months might be a month too many, but still...

So now they are all going on a summer holiday... but I get the feeling we already had the summer in March, April and May... hopefully there will still be some sun, so they can go outside to play :D

(Nine years from now I will be nagging you about my boys in puberty... yes... reality kicks in... ;) )