My graduate!

I would just like to say that there is no way my baby is old enough to be graduating from kindergarten!  He just started as a sweet preschooler last week! I remember that 1st day he didn't want any pictures taken, & he even stood on the sign I had made for him that said "1st day of preschool". 

1st day of preschool-Aug 2009

Last day of Kindergarten-May 2012

He was George Washington in the end of the year program!  He loves that hat/wig combo! Even wore it to Target the week after graduation!

 I have loved this school.  These are the 5 Kindergarteners.  They are all such good friends & Kirkland is very disappointed that he won't be going to the same school as any of them next year. We are already praying for him to meet some new Godly friends at public school.

He worked very hard on something called his "Number Roll". The school record was 3500 & he said at the beginning of the spring semester that he wanted to beat it.  He beat the record with about 2 weeks to go & then decided he needed the new goal of getting to 4000! He reached that goal too!  His teacher made up a fun song about Kirkland & his number roll, and he got this awesome trophy at graduation.  When he unrolled it, it was over the length of a football field! I am very proud of him for setting a goal & seeing it through!

Next stop: 1st GRADE!!

Pre-K!

Kirkland was so excited this morning about going to school! He is still at the same school he went to last year & we love it! Charlie has been telling people all week that he was going to school this week too. Poor little man, with his September birthday, he actually won't start pre-school until 2012!It was hard to get a picture of Kirkland by himself this morning, because Charlie is used to having his picture taken with Kirkland, and he didn't understand why I wanted to get a "solo" shot. Grandmama came over to see us off & then she even met us for lunch at Chick-fil-A after we

picked him up for his "celebration lunch"! Charlie started sobbing when we pulled up to the school and he realized that Kirkland was going in without him. He kept saying, "I go school with Kirkland" and "Let me out". It was awful! Poor guy! We really missed Kirkland today.

What a big, sweet boy he is! His school is lucky to have him!

1st day of preschool

Kirkland was all excited about school the night before when we went to open house. All smiles-couldn't wait! I, however, couldn't believe that my baby was growing up so fast, and could barely keep it together! How is he old enough for school? Wasn't he just born? Where did my baby go? Should I just homeschool so that he never leaves me?The next morning, I made this sign that said "Kirkland's 1st day of Preschool". I thought I'd make one each year, and it would be cute for his scrapbook. Kirkland was no longer interested in going to school or having his picture taken for that matter!He dropped the sign, and wouldn't look at the camera. At one point, he even stood on it, so that he could let me know what he thought of my "fun idea".All I want is 1 picture of my sweet boy, smiling for the camera, before his first day of school! I tried everything! But, he just kept saying that he didn't want to go to school. By the time we got to school, he started to get excited. At his school, they come & get him out of the car. He jumped out & said "bye", and never looked back. This is my picture of the empty door that he just walked though & didn't wave from. I pretty much started sobbing from this point on. Seriously, if Charlie hadn't started coo-ing in the back when we got close to the house-I don't know if I would have made it. I was devastated that I was entrusting my little boy into someone else's care each day. We went to lunch at Chick-fil-A afterwards to celebrate his first day! Geoff came too! Kirkland had a good day, but said he doesn't want to keep going back. He just wants to stay with me & Charlie. Me too... Oh, the gash in the middle of his forehead is where he was chasing a remote controlled Lightning McQueen around in our kitcheen & ran smack into the counter of the cabinet. It knocked him flat on his back he hit it so hard! This boy is going to be tough!