Graduate Deaton

 There aren't many things cuter than a preschool graduation.  We celebrated Miles's accomplishment (graduation) tonight at Greenwood Park.  Miles has come so far this year, and I was pleased with his Learning Accomplishment Profile (aka progress report) which I received this morning after dropping him off.  Miles enjoys school and rarely complains about having to go, but he's definitely been more stubborn about learning compared to Karson and Isaac. If he doesn't know how to do something or has trouble, he simply WON'T DO IT or requires a lot of extra nudging. Really, I am just thankful that he finally learned all his numbers, letters and can write his name.  That was A HUGE accomplishment in my book.  I'm hoping all the other stuff will fall into place. 

 Miles's school photo album is FULL of pictures of him and his best buddy this year--LAYNE DRAKE.  These two are inseparable.  Love it!  They performed the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle" together with Miles as the cow and Layne as the dog.

The cutest lil' cow in the world...

...jumping over the moon.

The program begins with a sampling of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.  Each class acts out different ones.  Miles's class acted out:  Three Little Kittens, Little Bo Peep, Hey Diddle, Diddle and Old Woman in a Shoe.  After all the nursery rhymes are complete, the classes dismiss and there is a slide show of all the pictures taken throughout the school year.  Once the slide presentation is over, the kids return and do a small variety program of all the things they've learned over the year.  

And then, the BIG PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS begins.

 Waiting for his diploma.

 Getting his diploma.

 Smiling with his diploma.

And the traditional finale "Kindergarten Here We Come"

Isaac took off with Pap right after the ceremony so our family picture is short one person, but I sure thought this was a great shot of us four.

BFF's.

 Goofing around with Karson.  We ended the night with a trip to Toys R Us for his graduation gift.  He picked out a Nintedo 3DS game--Mario Kart.  I'm super proud of my lil' guy!  Kindergarten here HE comes!

 His orange graduation bear joins the other two graduation bears Karson (blue) and Isaac (brown) received when they graduated from EEP.  Sweet lil' bears for three sweet little graduates.