Kindergarten Graduation

I've always thought it was really funny for kids to "graduate" from Kindergarten. Like it's hard... "Yeah, little Johnny didn't graduate from Kindergarten. He couldn't color." "Little Julie graduated from Kindergarten! Now she can enter the challenging world of subtraction..." Anyways, I guess it's a good excuse to give these kids a pat on the back - a little self-esteem booster. There was a little program there at Dylan's school. Here are some shots from that. They made little graduation caps out of paper bowls and cardstock. Pretty cute:

They sang the cutest song. Their teacher, Miss V, adapted it from the song, "New York, New York." It goes something like this:

Start spreading the news

We're leaving today,

We wanna be a part of it!

First grade, first grade!

I tried to upload the video, and of course, Blogger is being a brat about it. My videography was very shaky, anyways. I was in an awkward position, trying to tape it without parents behind me getting pissed.

The kids, showing their parents their certificates:

Dylan, up close and personal:

Here's the craziest thing - Ben's new boss's kid was in Dylan's class! His name is Anders:

Look at those cute freckles. And here is Anders with his mommy (I can't remember her name) and his sister, Antienne:

What is it with all of Ben's bosses having kids with really unique names? With his old boss, you may or may not remember that his two kids were named Rylick and Rillian. And now with Anders and Antienne. Ben's boss's wife is really nice. Heck, Ben's boss is really nice. We're thrilled to have Ben in a job that he enjoys.

There was a little after-ceremony party in the classroom, and I snapped this really awful picture of Dylan and Miss V. I'm such a bad photographer...

Miss V was a fantastic teacher. It's such a miracle - Dylan entered Kindergarten not knowing how to read, and now - he can! Amazing!