Graduation Day

For weeks Grace had been excited for graduating from Pre-Kindergarten.   Being old-school myself it seems a little over the top to have a graduation for every stage of school – I graduated from high school and college only – both seem like worthy accomplishments.   However, she was excited so we did it up and got excited ourselves for the big day.   

A little last minute, we planned for the big day.    What do you do for a Pre-K graduation?   A small party with a gift is what we decided on.    Jason was in charge of getting some sort of cake/cupcakes.    He did this one up well by going to Jilly’s a famous cupcake shop in St. Louis that has been featured on Cupcake Wars.    A ½ dozen cupcakes was more than enough sugar for us for the next several days.   He also took care of the gift – a very much wanted secret diary with a lock on it.   The lock was super important and he ended up having to go to three stores to find one.    Way to go Dad!   I picked up the house, made some appetizers for after the event and then picked some peonies from our yard for decorations.

Laura Almodovar came out for the graduation ceremony and we headed over to the daycare center together.    There was 17 kids graduating for the evening and all were as excited as Grace for their big event.   There was a slide show of recent activities done at school and decorated classrooms for parents to check out.   All of Grace’s class had their picture taken with what they wanted to be when they grew up.   No surprise, Grace wants to be a Rock Star when she grows up (her favorite artist currently is Pink).    The graduation ceremony itself was quite short – with a song by the graduates and a reading from Dr. Seuss.    They all threw their caps to end the in great celebration and cake with friends and family.



Grace and her three teachers, Miss Shirley, Miss Laurie and Miss Lori

Back at the house, presents were opened quickly and a profuse amount of thank yous for the secret diary.    Then the special cupcakes and candy from Mexico Laura brought.  

There were no tears from the parents, we are both ready for the kids to continue taking the next steps in their lives growing up to be lovely and responsible adults.