Goodbye Walnut Street School

Yesterday was Gavin’s last day at Walnut Street School.  When I picked him up yesterday I was pretty choked up, as were his teachers-it was so sweet.  I made sure we took pictures so he could remember them, especially Miss Candace.

Somewhere along the line this year, Gavin developed a HUGE crush on Miss Candace.  Every morning when Josh would drop him off, Gav would search the lobby for her, his face lighting up like crazy when he saw her.  If she was not yet in the lobby, he would wander around aimlessly not knowing what to do.  Whenever she was down there, he’d snuggle up on the seat next to her and just grin up at her.  Hilarious!  (In Gav’s defense, Miss Candace is super cute and one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met-good choice Gav!)

Here are the shots we took yesterday:

This is Miss Michelle and one of Gavin’s classmates, Willy.  Michelle was Gavin’s lead teacher that he’s had for the last two years.  She is so sweet and is always smiling.  It takes a very special person to work with a classroom of autistic boys all day.  She’s the greatest!

This is Miss Donna.  She was one of the associate teachers.  Also a very sweet, grandmotherly lady.  Last year we made the connection that Josh was friends with her sons in high school and played several sports with them.  She’s good people. 

And this is Miss Trudy, another associate teacher.  Gavin and Liam both talk non-stop about Miss Trudy (she always paid extra attention to Liam, so of course he loves her!).  She always had a kind word to say to Gavin.   We couldn’t have chosen better teachers for his pre-K experience!

And here is Miss Candace (check out Gavin’s face!)  Can you tell this boy has a crush?  It’s so funny!  Candace wasn’t even one of his teachers this year, but her love of all the kids really made her stand out.  She was never not smiling.

We are going to miss these wonderful women and are praying hard for his teachers and new friends next year. (Oh, and I found out yesterday that at least one of the boys from Walnut Street will be in his class this fall-at least there will be one familiar face).