Yesterday evening Axel "walked" to receive his "diploma" for completing preschool. It was a bit over the top celebration, but we made sure to attend and give Axel our support and love without all of the pomp and circumstance.
Here is Axel receiving his fake diploma. His real diploma was in his file so it wouldn't get wrinkled. Ms. Theresa and Ms. Salima were wonderful teachers for Axel's first experience at school.
We were the only parents who were against the hat and tassle. They were only $7 but I didn't think graduating preschool should be made a big deal, especially because it is not even required by the state and we initially were not going to have Axel attend because we didn't think he needed to. Luckily, we did have Axel attend because he has learned and grown a lot socially. I believe he is more ready for kindergarten because of his experience at preschool.
Keith and I are very proud of the person Axel is becoming. He actually did a great job of not caring about the graduation hat and didn't let it effect him. The classroom was packed. Keith and I were shocked at how over the top other parents were. Entire families were there. Balloons and presents were ready to be delivered to several children. Luckily, Axel was happy to receive his piece of paper and eat......
some yummy chocolate ice cream! After the kids sang four songs and received their diploma Axel and Phoenix played hard for over an hour in the playground.
Phoenix has no idea that she is smaller than the other kids and that she needs to be careful. She plays with the big kids like she is a big kid. I love her for that, but it is a bit nerve racking with the other kids jumping around her. Luckily, she has not gotten hurt.
Here is Axel with Axel R and Connor, his two best buddies. Diba is also in the picture and occasionally plays with the boys.
Yes, the 20 graduates and their families slowly trickled home while the three boys closed the party. Here is there last conversation before we all headed home to bed.
Axel and Phoenix continue to play more and more together. Phoenix likes to pretend and play inside forts and structure. I am not sure whose idea it was to eat dinner under the table, but as you can see both kids were having a blast.
On Sunday, with the scorching heat we had the privilege of swimming in our neighbors pool. Here we are getting ready to go.
Here is Phoenix pointing to Axel still in the pool. After an hour she was done and ready to eat.
Axel and daddy still swimming away.
After swimming and all ready for bath time. Phoenix was extremely sad that her floatie couldn't come into the bath with us. We hope to have more pool fun this weekend as our neighbors our out of town and we have full access to the pool all weekend long!
Tomorrow is Axel's last day of school, June 11th. He is going to have game and movie day. He is really excited to play all day with his friends. Here is to a happy, joyous summer for everyone!
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