Preschool Graduation

Austin is going to be a Kindergartener! His preschool does a really cute graduation ceremony. They sang song after song (after song), showed a video slideshow of the kids throughout the year and presented each family with a big scrapbook of all of the activities they did throughout the year. My favorite picture in the scrapbook is a picture they took of Austin at the beginning of the year standing in front of a fence and then a picture of him in front of the same fence at the end of the year. Our little Austin is a weed, and he is growing so fast! He will sometimes wake up in the middle of the night crying from the growing pains he has in his legs. Jared tracks the kids growth on a wall, and Austin grew more than an inch from April to May! During the program, Austin was to come into the crowd and choose a parent to bring up to the stage to dance with him. The sweet little boy agonized over the decision because he was afraid of hurting the other parent's feelings. He has such a gentle heart underneath his rambunctiousness. In the end, he chose Mommy to get up and "Hula, Hula" with him, which I'm sure Jared was thrilled with! Next year, Austin will be in Mrs. Hines' Kindergarten class. She is perfect - sweet and huggy - exactly what you'd want for a Kindergarten teacher.