The Graduate

Today our baby girl graduated from Kindergarten. It was quite the celebration - we had a graduation celebration in the chapel and then had some delicious sandwiches, mac and cheese, and cake afterwards.

Mrs. Ellis'/Mrs. Gord's class

Our princess making her way to the center isle after her name was called

After they all were called to the front, they sang several songs for us. Grace admitted later that she was nervous looking at all those unfamiliar faces in the audience. Guess it's a bit different than dancing for hundreds of people in a dark audience...

The kids did great and really knew their stuff

Grace being presented with her Kindergarten diploma (unfortunately my camera decided not to cooperate when it was actually handed to her and she shook the principal's hand)

Our graduate

The feast at our luncheon.

Best Friends

Maya, Zoe, and Grace

Grace received a new game for her DS and a DVD copy of Anastasia

The girls giving Mrs. Gord her gift

All the parents chipped in and we were able to give her a gift card to Hastings so she can dig into a bunch of new books during her "re-retirement". (If I remember correctly this will be her 4th attempt to retire)

I can't believe that Grace has graduated.

She did such a fabulous job this year and has amazed both her father and I. She loves learning, and did well in all of her studies this year. She has an insatiable love for reading, and reads some pretty impressive books (of course, I'm not at all biased), and the words she is able to sound out... wow! We are moving on to Junie B. Jones books - more words, less pictures, so we'll see how she transitions to those. All I can say is:

Grace, we are so proud of you!!