Preschool Graduate

Ryan graduated from Preschool last Friday.  He's growing up so fast.

He had an awesome year making new friends, learning new things and realizing that he can make his own decisions, especially about his behavior.  We are really proud of him.

They filled their final class time with their favorite things.  When I got there they were busy "sculpting".  One of the kids is the clay and the other is the sculptor.  The sculptor tells the clay how he/she needs to pose and when they are done the other kids take pretend photos.  It's such a cute activity, and the kids LOVED it.

Ryan "sculpting" his pal Oliver.

After circle time they were able to do whatever they wanted, and show their families around the classroom.  Teacher Sarah had her niece come in to do face painting.  Ryan had absolutely no interest in this, but finally decided it might not be so bad.  Especially since all his friends were getting "superheros" painted on their faces.

The final product.  Spiderman!

After some outside time, it was time for the graduation ceremony.  Teacher Sarah read the kid's interviews of "When I Was Five".  The children had fun guessing who she was talking about.  Here is Ryan's:

Ass you can see, 3 of the 8 questions are answered with a baseball answer.  It wasn't hard to pick out who Teacher Sarah was talking about!

Teacher Sarah had the kids come up after she read their interview to receive their Certificate of Pre-School Completion and cross over the bridge to kindergarten.

Ryan receiving his certificate.

Crossing the bridge.

Ryan with Teacher Sarah. 

It was so fun to be a part of his final day.  I got a little emotional watching him with his friends one last time.  Since we may be making the leap to Issaquah soon, it's likely we won't see many of the new friends we've made during the year for a very long time.  It was very bittersweet.

Ryan had an awesome year, and loved going to school.  Teacher Sarah did a great job helping the kids to really think about things.  The Co-op experience with Ryan was so wonderful for David and I, too.  I think we got as much out of it as he did.  It's sad to close this chapter in our lives, but know there are many more wonderful things to come!