Last September, Johnny started preschool with one very big goal in mind. Since his birthday is one day past the cutoff for kindergarten, we had a decision to make. Either put him through testing to make sure he would be able to withstand the pressures of kindergarten just after turning five, or wait a year and start him at age 6. This year of preschool would give us our answer.
Within a couple of months, it was obvious to us that we would be waiting the extra year. More on that later.
That decision out of the way, we then proceeded to enjoy the rest of the school year unburdened, which was a treat because NEXT year's burden will be deciding what school to send him to kindergarten for.
Anyway, the year spend by, here it is June already, and school officially ended last week. The following day was the end of year picnic and graduation.
The picnic was held at Eastern Regional Park. There is a large playground there, and Maureen wanted me to take her picture every single time she went down the slide. If you look closely, you can see how red her eyes were, because this was just 4 days post-surgery.
Johnny riding his bike. He has really grown out of this one, and will be getting a 2-wheel bike soon. Our issue is just storage. We don't have a place to keep it that's easily accessible, unless we just leave it out in the yard all the time. Is it a terrible thing to keep your kid's bike out in the yard full time?
Johnny getting his certificate. Out of the 4's class of 12, nine kids are going on to kindergarten, one is moving to a full-time preschool program, and 2, including Johnny, will be back again next year. And maybe I'll get lucky and next year's group will choose black hats and I can reuse the cap and tassle for when Johnny really graduates.
When Maureen spotted the kids in their hats and tassles, she cried because she wanted a "pirate hat" too. Here she is modeling it after the ceremonies were over.
Happy Graduation and Welcome Summer!
Within a couple of months, it was obvious to us that we would be waiting the extra year. More on that later.
That decision out of the way, we then proceeded to enjoy the rest of the school year unburdened, which was a treat because NEXT year's burden will be deciding what school to send him to kindergarten for.
Anyway, the year spend by, here it is June already, and school officially ended last week. The following day was the end of year picnic and graduation.
The picnic was held at Eastern Regional Park. There is a large playground there, and Maureen wanted me to take her picture every single time she went down the slide. If you look closely, you can see how red her eyes were, because this was just 4 days post-surgery.
Johnny riding his bike. He has really grown out of this one, and will be getting a 2-wheel bike soon. Our issue is just storage. We don't have a place to keep it that's easily accessible, unless we just leave it out in the yard all the time. Is it a terrible thing to keep your kid's bike out in the yard full time?
Johnny getting his certificate. Out of the 4's class of 12, nine kids are going on to kindergarten, one is moving to a full-time preschool program, and 2, including Johnny, will be back again next year. And maybe I'll get lucky and next year's group will choose black hats and I can reuse the cap and tassle for when Johnny really graduates.
When Maureen spotted the kids in their hats and tassles, she cried because she wanted a "pirate hat" too. Here she is modeling it after the ceremonies were over.
Happy Graduation and Welcome Summer!
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That looks like fun! And those summer birthdays are tough. My 9 YO missed the cut-off by three weeks and is the oldest. And that was good for him, but now he is bored.
My 4 year old will make the cut by three weeks and will probably go, but it makes me nervous. I will be watching him closely in his 2nd year of preschool.
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