No more pencils...

No more books, No more teachers dirty looks! School is out for the summer! Well, if the photo I snapped on Kate's first day of school this past September says, "Phew, those nuns were a bit rough", today's photo probably says, "Yeah, Sister, I got your lot figured out--I read the Ryan report!" Today is a wrap on St. Maries of the Isle, a school we are going to miss much more than we would have imagined last September. Just lovely teachers and staff, more cultural diversity than the 7 train to Queens, and an Administration that says nary a word about Kate's "travel habits" as she missed a fair amount of days this year learning life lessons on the road with her vagabond parents. Off to celebrate in County Clare to a lovely cottage that our Kansas City cousins have graciously given us for the week!