On Summer Break!

This school year is over!

The kids were so ready,

and

 I'm so excited, we were

so sad to see it end! :)

I work at a middle school

with special needs kiddos.

They look forward to the last

few days with GREAT

ANTICIPATION!

Our school has

fun events for all the students,

and our

kiddos

LOOOVE IT!

The 6th. graders

have

different

inflatables,

 junk food, snacks,

and

games!

~image from google~

The 7th. graders

go skating,

~image from google~

and

the 8th. graders go see a

movie!

I've always stayed at

school, and assisted

the kiddos

at the inflatables and various field events!

This year, I went to the movie

with three other adults, and

10 of our special needs

kiddos... along with

ALL

of the gen. ed. 8th. graders!

We saw

Mr. Poppers Penguins

with

Jim Carrey

~image from google~

and I loooved it!

I knew our kiddos

would love it,

and

enjoy being on

such a special outing,

(some of our kiddos

don't get out and about

very often), and this was

HUGE!!!

What I was happily

surprised with WAS...

How wonderful the 8th. graders

were...(They were sitting all around us),

 they laughed, their heads off...

just like I was, at all the funny spots,

and they were quite and attentive and

genuinely respectful, throughout the

rest of the movie!!!

When the movie was over,  

there was an appropriate ROAR of

Happiness, and they

CLAPPED,

and then,

they filed out of the theatre

in what I thought was a

quick and quiet

manner...

Honestly, I am soooo

proud of this group of young

people, I just had to share this

with you!

That was Tuesday...

and

yesterday (Wednesday),

was our last day of school,

and...

I took our best bud,

SPORTZ

to school!

~Sportz~

One of our boys had

been asking me to bring

him all year, and because

he was going to

High School

next fall, I decided

to surprise him

by bringing

Sporty!

The kiddos loooved him,

they hugged him,

petted,

 patted,

rubbed,

hugged some more,

talked to him,

starred,

watched,

called,

smelled,

kissed...(yep, they did),

and hugged some more!!!

and

He loooved them back!

His tail never stopped

wagging, and he stole

kisses whenever he

could!

My fave, part of his visit

was this...

It was magical,

one of

our autistic kiddos ran

up to his teacher

AND

told her (goose bumps here),

about the NICE DOG!!!:)

He talked...(on his own,

no coaxing),

seriously,

this was a treasured moment!

Another touching

moment was watching

one of our kiddos

that seldom talks or shares anything with us,

sit down on the floor, and plant

a  HUGE BEAR HUG around the big bear

of a dog sitting in front of her!!!

So sweet!

Anyhoo,

Later,

their teacher said,

"this visit with Sportz

was fantastic, and she'd

like to see it be a regular

event"! Yay!

I wish you could've

been there, it truly

was

MAGICAL!

Thanks for visiting my blog

I'm linking with Cindy's

blog over at

My Romantic Home

for

Show & Tell Friday,

(even though it's not about

my home).

If you get a chance, do go

see Mr. Poppers Penquins

with your kiddos or Grands,

it's a great family show,

with Jim Carrey at his best!

Always, Debbie~