Time to Graduate~

Graduation- the act of moving from one milestone to another, usually done in education.

OK well this isn't Webster its me but like every mother I dreamed of getting the perfect picture of my child getting their diploma and looking at me and smiling and me getting the best shot. Ha ha ha the universe has a sense of humor. I had 2 graduations Thursday, I had 2 chances to get it right. I got it wrong both times. Lexi graduated from Kindergarten in a cute ceremony befitting the attention span of a kindergartner short and sweet. They still all got called up by their teacher (stood on a stool) and then got their certificate. Well most of the kindergartners weren't sure what was really going on or that all of us crazy parents had been waiting to get that perfect picture. At our school you have to be there at least 30 min early if you want a parking space where you don't have to hike and you actually want to see what is going on. I was there a perfect 30 min early (good thing cause I don't walk fast and far isn't even a thought yet) got a great seat on the second row, a picture that is so blurry that I kept it for posterity even though its not really that obvious that its really Lexi. I am including the next best picture ....

Admit it she is in very cute form and she matched her black hat it style. Papa Henrie got to come to this graduation she was very excited to see him. She got even more excited when we got to her classroom and she got all sorts of treats from her teacher and all her old work that showed how she had progressed through the year (of course the candy was the most important).
Coulton's 6th grade class had a great celebration befitting their oldness. They had a great slide show (which had a bunch of pictures of our "Cole") . It also presented a great opportunity to get it right---right, to many kids all coming up to the stage at the same time, and standing in front of the teachers and well at least this is him with his diploma.
So in 2 years I will have another opportunity to get the perfect shot. I hope to have this perfected sometime in the next 5 years before Coulton really graduates. Wish me luck!