Can you believe the school year is over already? It went so fast. During the last week of school, Tommy's teacher told us to send in a bag of treats for the Aloha Party the day of graduation.
I whipped up a sweet little bag of treats for him which I was soooo proud of until....
I re-read the message from the teacher that morning before school and realized that she said she wanted bags of treats for everyone in the class. OH SH&%!!! Luckily Andrew saved the day and ran to the store and got treats for everyone and still sent my homemade bag of goodness. Ugh, major fail. I need to go to the Derek Zoolander Center for Children Who Can't Read Good.
Tommy was super excited about his goody bag. I don't know if the other kids were jealous because obviously they were not the same but oh well. What can ya do? :) They certainly got a lot of cool stuff at least!
So that night was graduation. He was so proud and so cute. I loved every minute.
The kindergarten and preschool classes performed songs for us. K-5 did the pledge and the Star Spangled Banner.
He definitely wasn't nervous! :)
Then it was time for everyone to graduate. I snapped a pic of Tommy's bestie while he got his diploma.
Tommy was the very last person to graduate. Awww. He started at this school in October of 2011. When he heads off to first grade, he will be have been there for 6 years! It was his home away from home. He'll be there this summer but in August, he will leave it for good. Let me tell you, he is EXCITED. :) He has a bit of the kindergarten-itis. Ha!
Look at how proud that kiddo is! Puffed out chest, what a stud.
I had to take a picture of him with his sis. Look at that pose. Where did she even learn that? She was in a cheeky mood that night.
Family pic! I love these people so much.
Tommy and Bode pic, of course!
Tommy and teacher pic. We'll miss you, Miss Debbie!
We got pictures with the grandparents. Like I said, Charlotte was in a mood.
I have to post this one with only Tommy because Charlotte was being such a stinker.
I have to say it certainly makes for some great outtakes. I can't stop laughing.
The last day of school for Charlotte is a field day. Each class wears a matching shirt and they go outside and do lots of activities. I haven't attended Charlotte's field day with just her yet so I thought I would go this year. I couldn't leave work when I wanted so I ended up eating lunch with her instead. The pictures above are from the wonderful teachers who remember to take them for me! YAY!
We had a fun time at lunch. Silly Hudson was eating his ice packs because of course. :)
Then I took Charlotte with me and went to Tommy's field trip to the park. Tommy is a wonderfully protective big brother. Too cute.
Maybe not always at home but around other kids, he is always watching out for her. :) So sweet.
Bode is too!
What a trio!
At one point during the day, the teachers decided to take the kids on a trail walk. OMG, I was terrified. There were ravines and waterfalls and everything that I could just imagine some kid getting lost and falling or something but it went off without a hitch! Charlotte was exhausted though! I had to carry her for part of it.
When we came back, we had popsicles! Yum!
Tommy, Bode, Miss Debbie and one of the preschoolers! Aww!
Good times! School is over and Summer Camp begins! First grade and Pre-K 4's, here we come!
Tommy's preschool does graduation right. Caps and gowns and all!
It was quite an occasion because Grandma, Gaga, and Pop came to watch too. He loved that part the most I think. :)
Charlotte was ready to see her brudder graduate!
Oh wait, no she wasn't. The music was too loud and it scared her tummy. Ha!
Everyone did the graduation walk by themselves except for the twins in the class. They got to walk together. So cute.
It was Tommy's turn! I love this picture. I wish I had a better quality version of the picture because I just love how she's looking at him. We LOVE his preschool teacher. We are going to miss her so much. I really hope she sticks around long enough to have Charlotte in preschool too.
I got a video of his walk down the aisle. Seriously, what is it about that song that makes me tear up?? Sorry for the shaky video. I was wrestling Charlotte in my lap while taking a video.
Tommy and his buddy Cooper got to sit together.
Here are the preschool and kindergarten classes performing their songs.
Tommy was waiting to hear his name called. I was so mad. They showed baby pictures while they were walking across the stage and right when I had the perfect shot of Tommy getting his "diploma" with his baby picture in the background, my phone froze and I didn't get the picture. Waaaahhhhh. I was so sad. I think it has something to do with dropping it in the toilet and not bringing my real camera as a backup. Ugh.
Lucky for me, Gaga was able to document the baby picture memory. Thank goodness!! :) Look at little baby Tommy. Awwwwwwww. Where did those cheeks go?
The whole class in their cleaned up classroom with Mrs. A!
Tommy was exhausted after the ceremony. I got this picture and then it was OFF. He refused to take anymore pictures. I pushed him to his limit.....
As you can see in the rest of the pictures.
Charlotte was fine with posing for pictures though.
Even though it was late, we had to celebrate. DQ blizzards and Starkist bars! I finally got the red stain out of the curtains about a month later. ;-)
We were all very sad that Andrew had a very important work week out of town during graduation week. It was a very long week without him. We missed him terribly but it was really big time stuff with his new job so we had to forgive his new company. :-)
Both Andrew and I wished we could have been in two places at one time, that week especially. Charlotte had her Field Day the same day Tommy had his field trip. I had to make a decision as to which I was going to attend so I chose the preschool field trip. Soon I will be going on Charlotte's preschool field trip. It'll be here before I know it, I'm sure. I did snap a quick pic of Charlotte's field day from far away because I didn't want her to see me and get upset that I wasn't with her. Their tie-dyed shirts were super cute.
So off we went on our field trip! Bus selfie as per usual.
Tommy worked on his film noir cinematography style on the way to the zoo.
We got the zoo and it was crazy. We moved from exhibit to exhibit. Each exhibit was Cooper wanting to be FIRST and Tommy wanting to be King the Hill/Rock/Turtle/whatever. Oh boys. I love the competitiveness. I think. ;-)
Tommy got close to a Wallaby.
Tommy and Cooper just chillin' on the playground!
Chillin' on the sidewalk.
Two peas in a pod!
Then it was time for chaos, I mean lunch. I found out Tommy is NOT the slowest eater due to his ability to chat. It was his buddy Anvith. Constant reminders to eat from the chaperones. Ha!
Tommy and Anvith chillin' on the playground. He was so sad to see his two bestest friends leave for the summer.
One more bus selfie on the way home. What an awesome year of preschool Tommy had. I loved experiencing it vicariously through his descriptions. He learned so much this year and I'm so proud of the person he's becoming. Happy Preschool Graduation, Tommy!
