Brandon's big day!

Brandon and one of his teachers, Mrs. Eldred

Yippee I'm outta here!

Phew. Brandon made it through his first (and last) year of preschool without any trips to the principals office, broken bones, chipped teeth, OR suspensions. It has been such a good year for him. I remember feeling at the beginning of the year that he was kind of the "problem child." His teacher would tell me things like, "We really tried to work on his listening skills today." or "He had to sit out for a minute on the playground because he was throwing mulch at the other kids." By the end of the year, MOST days when I picked him up, I would hear, "Another great day!" It has been so fun to see him growing up and learning some of those social boundaries that come along with school.

The graduation ceremony was super cute. They all wore these little felt mortar boards. They looked adorable. The classes all sang two or three songs. Brandon's class sang "Here we come Kindergarten" to the tune of "New York, New York." "Start spreading the news. We're leaving today..." Very appropriate. They even had the kids do Rockette-like leg kicks. Brandon was into that. Their second number was "Happy Trails to you." Brandon was one of the loud singers, but not embarassingly loud like at last year's Primary program.

After the ceremony, we went with a few of his classmates and let them run around the McDonalds playland while their happy meals sat around untouched. :)

We were blessed to have such a small class (only 8 kids) and have become close friends with some of them. None of them are going with Brandon to his same elementary school, so I hope we don't lose those friendships.