Just said goodbye to a mindee for the first time. He's been here for 2 years and I've supported him through health problems, his parents splitting up, had him loads of extra hours at short notice, had him in the school holidays (I'm term time only), dropped him off at various places when mum couldn't collect, generally gone above and beyond. So, to mark him leaving, I had a special cat based craft day as he loves cats and a special cake and made him a book with photos from his time here all recipes for all the things we've made and made a huge fuss of him all day. Would a bunch of flowers have been too much to expect? 