The Best Laid Plans...

Thursday was Millie Bear's last day of school...woo-wee, where does the time go?!

last day of school, 22 months old

first day of school, 13.5 months old

My mom picked her up from school, and I had her snap a pic of Mills with her beloved Ms. Erika.  She made Millie's first school experience so special.

So I had this grand plan to pick Millie up from school and everybody go get ice cream to celebrate!  I was super excited because Millie gets super excited about ice cream.  Somewhere between school and TCBY, Millie decided she was upset about something...and I think it was Sydney related.  Complete meltdown in TCBY...

 Sydney & Nana behaving themselves

She wouldn't quit crying until daddy let her go get her own cup of ice cream

I let out a big sigh of relief thinking crisis-averted...

...but it was too soon.  Then Millie didn't want to get in the car, so that was a fight and she cried all the way home.  When we got home, she had the biggest tantrum I've ever witnessed, complete with screaming bloody murder and rolling around on the kitchen floor.  It was so bad that I started crying.  I've never ever seen her act like that; it absolutely broke my heart.  Then Nana left later that afternoon, and it wasn't pretty.  It was a day full of extreme emotions...thankfully, yesterday was much much better.

Millie brought this home from school on her last day...this pic was taken in August, what a difference 9 months makes!

 Final art projects of the year...this week they learned about frogs and turtles.

I'm sad Millie won't have school this summer, since she loves it so much.  However, it will be nice not to rush around making lunch and trying to get her ready two days a week while getting used to a new baby.  So maybe the timing was sort of perfect and we will be ready to tackle another school year in August.