Ryan's a 1st Grader!

I went to Ryan's "last day of school party" yesterday - it hardly seems possible that his Kindergarten year is already over.

They had pizza, carrots, fruit, cake and Sprite. (two dozen 5-6 year olds loaded with sugar - yikes!) The teacher gave them goody bags filled with books, they had a huge flamingo theme complete with flamingo glasses, they even made graduation caps from black paper bowls glued to black paper plates with a tassle on top.


In this picture, the teacher told the kids to "stand straight like soldiers," so a couple of them saluted.


I've always been one to think Kindergarten graduations were a little cheesy, but the way Ryan's teacher did it was really sweet. During the last 10 minutes of class, she pulled each child aside and publicly told them what she'd remember about them from the year before giving them a laminated "diploma." I cut off the first part of Ryan's turn, but here's most of it:


It will be interesting to see the little friends he makes next year. Good bye, Kindergarten!