catching up on school stuff

we had two students of the month from our family at the school assembly yesterday morning.

each class gets a turn to present a skit at the assembly demonstrating the skill that the entire school is working on for the month (which then leads to picking a student of the month).
and ella's class was in charge of the skit for yesterday's assembly.

here she is with her class last year when they presented their skit as kindergardeners.
look at how much younger she looks, what a difference a year makes.

here's christopher a year ago, when he got student of the month at that same assembly.
he too, looks so much younger!

and some from andrew from i believe three years ago.
the most recent i could find, my poor middle child.

ok, i feel a little better now.
a little more caught up on some school stuff.
now i just have to catch up on the birthdays, still.
and, isn't it amazing how much of a difference a year makes?
kids just change and grow so quickly, it's amazing, and scary.
i mean, next year my oldest will be a 6th grader...it's really starting to fly.
and it's a little bitter sweet, ok a lot bitter sweet -
but i am sure proud of my kiddos, who they are, and who they are becoming.
and lucky for me i still have that little john-john around all the time.