Graduation!

Hannah and Lizzie are officially done with Preschool. They celebrated by getting up on Friday morning at around 6:30 a.m. to begin summer vacation. I, however, didn't want to get up until 8 a.m. WHERE are those LAZY days of summer? Not here.

Graduation was cute. The class sang several songs and performed the deaf alphabet and then we adjourned to drinking lemonade and eating Munchkins. As you can see I took lots of photos (surprise, surprise!) and had intended to take some video but couldn't find my battery charger. I attemped video with my cell phone, but (similar to when I take calls on my cell phone) you really couldn't hear the singing above the static.

So here's a re-enactment, provided by Hannah and Lizzie. (Of course this was sung by seven children, none of whom were wearing Ariel bathing suits...) This is the 5 Little Ducks Song.

Imagine these kids...

singing this song...

Hannah and Lizzie each got a bouquet of flowers from us after they finished the performance. The hats they are wearing are their official 'graduation hats' and each child in the class signed the hats. That was such an awesome idea!

It was, in fact the awesome idea of the girls' teacher, Miss Nikki. They LOVE Miss Nikki because she is creative and smart and not nearly as mean as Mommy (that's pretty much a direct quote). The girls have learned so much in school this year thanks to Nikki. They can count up to at least 30, sight read a whole bunch of words, use scissors (and not on their own hair!) and actually have some nice manners. Hopefully this won't disappear over the summer when I'm in charge.

Graduation also included a most delicious snack of munchkins and lemonade. Here are Elijah, Skyla and Addy (in the blue dress) loading up their plates.
Graduation was attended by Aunt Terry and Aunt B. The girls were thrilled when they saw them because really, Mommy and Daddy are kind of boring. Terry and Bethany were a real treat.Addy, Hannah, Lizzie and Peyton have been together for three years at the Tot Spot. We seen everyone grow up in those years. Addy has a new sister and Peyton has a new sister AND another baby (a brother) on the way. Time marches on. We followed the graduation with a little party at home. We had Happy Meals (well the girls did ... I had my usual snack wrap!) followed by cake and ice cream. Aunt B joined us for lunch and singing and gift giving. It's great to be five since the girls were very excited to get their presents from us: a mylar balloon, bubbles and a large pack of bubble gum. Rob said he didn't think we'd get away with that at their next graduation!Here they are, just about to dive into their cake. Don't they look older to you? (WAAAAAH!!!!)