...so I should post, right?
Gosh it is hard to even believe how fast this school year went. Especially from Easter break till the end of the school year. I blinked and it was over. Alec is going to be in the 1st grade. How weird does that sound? Hard to imagine that just one year ago we were racking our brains trying to figure out if we should even send him to Kindergarten and here he is, finished with his first year of school having done AMAZING work!
Kindergarten graduation was on June 15th. I have to say, I was a bit of a mess. I don't like change. I don't like saying goodbye. I don't like good things ending. I did not like that Alec was finishing kindergarten. I pretty much cried the entire ceremony.
Remembering back to Christmas and how Alec banned us from attending the Christmas show that he was performing in, we were quite worried about how the graduation was going to go over. I had talked to Mrs. Knapp and she was worried a bit as well. We considered going and hiding in the back of church so that he would not see us but then we thought that we would just attend as normal and make the best out of what he did. Believe it or not, there was not a moment's hesitation on his part. He walked up the isle, he stood on the steps with the other students, he sang his songs, he said his lines in the poem. I was amazed! What growth! What PRIDE I felt!! Mrs Knapp introduced each of the kids individually and told what they said they wanted to be when they grew up. The first child that they are introducing is Alec's buddy Jacob.
The entire ceremony was just so cute. They also did a slide show of pictures throughout the year. This of course made me cry more. I feel so blessed not only to have Alec in a wonderful school but also to have a husband who works SO hard so that I can stay home from work and help out in Alec's classroom. I loved watching the slide show and remembering being there for most all of the occasions from which the pictures came from. I really have the best job in the world.
After the graduation we went out to the lunch tables and had a small celebration with all the kids and their families. When that was over we headed back to the kindergarten classroom to pick up Alec's book that the teachers made him as well as his report card. I am SO pleased to report that he scored ALL O's!! WOW! SO proud!!!
Alec the morning of graduation. When did he get so tall???
Mrs. Rivers, Alec and Mrs. Knapp after Graduation. We love them so!
The Hawley Family
