The Last Day

And just like that, this...

turned into this...

And this year we had a few more friends joining us for our last day of school pictures - The Feather and Suich families.  Since we are all moving a few days after the end of the school year, we had moved into the local hotel just down the street.  That last week of school, we spent our days with the packers and ran errands to help finalize the move but we spent our nights at the restaurant letting our kids play in the grass while we enjoyed a bit of adult time (and maybe some wine).  In the mornings we had breakfast together before walking the kids to school.  It helped immensely having people around that knew exactly what we were going through, having kids that were dealing with the same emotions and struggles, and having a friend just down the hall, literally.  Who would have thought that our local hotel/burger bar/bowling alley would be the place I would find comfort during this move?

And on the final day of school, one that we knew would be hard for all of us we put a plan in place to make the transition just a little bit easier.  After the tears had all been dried and we said our final goodbyes at ISP, we threw a bowling party at the restaurant for the kids and their friends and then we had our usual dinner.  And it wasn't over yet - because afterward - (and this was probably the best part) - we had a giant sleepover party.  Stinkerbell and her best buddy S were in our room, MadHatter and L-M (one of her very first friends here in Prague were in N's room just two doors down) and the mom's pulled their chairs up in the hall, clad in their comfy clothes and slippers and stayed up too late and drank too much wine.  And had too much fun!

A last day of school to remember, for sure!