may 25

brooke's last day of preschool... EVER!  wow.  brooke has been in daycare/preschool since she was 18 months old.  i remember how hard it was to send her to daycare.  i also remember how much we all ended up loving it and feeling like miss kimmy and miss becky were part of the family.  brooke went to the "zebra room" at CFC for one year.  then we moved to seattle and i got to stay at home, but we still wanted brooke to have an outlet outside of the home where she could develop socially and emotionally.  we were lucky enough to have SRELC right in the middle of our community, and we sent brooke there 2 full days/week for 2 years.  the school connected us to the community and a wonderful group of families who became some of our closest friends.  we all loved miss april & miss maxine who brooke was lucky enough to have as teachers for 2 years in a row.  it was hard leaving that school, too, but i had already learned to look at it as a new beginning.  so, we moved into our new house on friday, september 9th, and brooke started pre-k at mt. washington presbyterian on monday, september 12th.  i remember dropping her off on the playground that first day and watching from the car as she ran around the playground.  she literally did not skip a beat.  brooke had a wonderful year and made great friends.  mrs. lees and mrs. beck were great teachers and encouraged brooke not to be afraid to fail... to attempt everything and solve her own problems.  brooke has grown so much this school year.  i'm so proud of her, and i know she is most definitely ready for kindergarten!