kindergarten promotion

I don't remember "graduating" from kindergarten, but James and Kate did just that. And the pictures below are proof. Susan told me that it's more appropriately called a "promotion" because graduating implies that one complied with certain requirements. That's a stretch to say when talking about kindergarten, so I'm with Susan and titled this post "kindergarten promotion." Title aside, making a big deal about it was pretty fun - for parents and kindergarteners. Both Kate and James accomplished a great deal at school in the last year. They did learn a lot as far as reading a math are concerned, but they also, and maybe more importantly, learned that school is fun. Once we actually were successful in getting Kate out of bed, dressed and fed in the morning, we never had to fight either of them on the actual "go to school" front. They had a great relationship with their teacher, Ms. Reinelt. They made many, many friends. They lived for recess - especially for playing soccer and practicing the monkey bars. They also loved lunchtime. Often their comments from school were about conversations had during lunch, more often recess, and, occasionally, academics.

Each kid made their own graduation cap.  The top is decorated as they saw appropriate.  They also each won an award. 

Kate was "the most creative" because she loved, loved, loved all the art projects and, during any free-time, had her own project underway.

Try as he could, Ben could not get these two stubborn souls to smile.  This will be a fun moment to remember, too!