Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The End of Kindergarten, Part I

Josh wanted to give his teachers flowers today as a last-day-of-school gift, so he picked out these lovely, unnaturally bright daisies. He was very excited about today being the last day of school, although I haven't figured out how to deal with his excitement about being a first grader, which he's not going to be.

We've decided to hold off on breaking the news about Kindergarten Part II to him until we're a little farther into the summer. His teacher and several others at school are lobbying with me to keep him with the same teacher next year, so hopefully he will be glad to take on the roll of "special helper" or something else we come up with to explain why he's going back to kindergarten.

My mom and Molly attended Josh's end of the year party yesterday. I had emergency wisdom tooth removal surgery an hour before the party started, so I have little recollection of the day. Here are some of Mom's pictures.

Josh has become increasingly sensitive to noise, so he wears these headphones at school when it gets too loud. Apparently some of the other kindergartners believe he's listening to secret music (according to what I've heard in the neighborhood!). Here he's excitedly watching a video montage of pictures from the year.

Loading up for the backpack relay.

1 comment:

Fifi said...

he looks so happy! :) and handsome too.