Moving on Up

Cora's last day of kindergarten was Friday, when the teachers handed out promotion certificates, final packets of schoolwork, and posed for final hugs and thank-yous.

We're so proud of Cora; she learned so much this year - how to read well, to add and subtract, to write all her numbers up to 100, and more. She received a glowing report card from Mrs. Hawthorne, and we know she's more than ready for first grade.

But are we? That's another story. I've loved all the fun things in kindergarten, and picking up Cora at lunchtime for us to spend our afternoons together. We'll have another adjustment in August to the longer school day, and I know Violet will miss her playmate.

A final class photo of Mrs. Hawthorne's K/1 class, 2012-2013.

After the little promotion ceremony at the park, many families stayed to eat and play. We're so blessed to have Stace working in town, so he can easily attend school events like this.

After the fact, I regretted not getting a nice  photo of Cora and Johnny on their last day of kindergarten, like we have from their first day. Here, they're enjoying the picnic and Kona Ice snow cones with their friend Daniel, who goes to our church and was in Johnny's class.

Daniel's mom Jen and I became friends this year, walking together a couple of times a week after dropoff. Alas, she too has moved out of the school area, so we won't be seeing each other as often.

And, a last shot of nearly all the girls from Cora's kindergarten class: Cora, Vivian, Sophia H., Sophia M., and Tyler Belle.