"Ms. Monroe! Guess who I saw at the grocery store last night?"
I smile down at Aiden Gibson. He's practically vibrating with all his pent-up excitement. Kind of like an overeager puppy.
He's ridiculously adorable.
Then again, they all are.
With only two more months left of school, I'm amazed at how much my second graders have grown. Baby teeth have been lost with new adult teeth poking through in their place. They've shot up a handful of inches. Reading levels have been exceeded. Triple digit addition is no longer an impossible concept to grasp. And they've all learned how to treat one another respectfully.
My little second graders aren't so little anymore.
I can't help but look around and feel lucky to have been given such a great group of kids this year. As proud as I am, it's always bittersweet to hug them goodbye on the last day of school.