Happy 40th Birthday, Riley School!

It's very special to me that we live in the same neighborhood I grew up in and Connor will get to go to the same schools I did. Last week, my elementary school had a 40th birthday party for all the current students, alumnus and teachers. I haven't been in the school for many years, so Connor, my mom and I walked over there to check it out. I was so excited to see that the wall mosaic in the lobby was still there! A lot of my old teachers were chatting in the lobby so we spent some time catching up with them and introducing Connor to his future school.
During the 25th birthday of the school, they invited all the alums to come back and put their handprints on the wall of the gym and new cafeteria. Since it's been 15 years (oh my gosh...has it really?), I wanted to go see it. I always walk by and try to look in the window to spot it, but it's too far away!

We took a walk around the school and peeked into some of the classrooms. It was fun to see the few teachers I had that were still there and see what's changed since I left in 1994. We ran into Connor's future kindergarten teacher (who was actually an old neighbor and I used to babysit for her kids). All the little desks and chairs looked so tiny so I put Connor on one for a photo.

We stopped off in the cafeteria for a cupcake and some chatting. Connor kept busy with his frog and people-watching.

The slideshow and presentations started at 7:00, so we wandered into the gym. It looked so much smaller than I remembered it, but a lot of it was still exactly the same. We sat right behind a bunch of my old teachers and watched the slideshow. We had to leave early to get the little student to bed, but I enjoyed the night a lot. It was so much fun to take him there and catch up with some of my old teachers!