![The last day of first grade and kindergarten](http://thekriegers.org/wp-content/uploads/last-day-2-3-300x200.jpg)
A few weeks before the end of school I started packing little treats in the kids’ lunches. Nothing too over-the-top — just things I don’t normally pack, like fruit snacks or cookies. I also started a very lazy alphabet countdown. In the morning I’d announce, “Today is O day! What should we do?” Then the