Today my big boy graduated from kindergarten. He looked so handsome in his cap and gown, his tassel swaying from atop his head. Both boys did such a great job singing the songs they learned with their classes during the program. In just a few days J will finish the school year and he'll be one step closer to the first grade. It's *this* that chokes me up and makes me sad. I'm not a mom that cries on the first day of school- no, that day is one of celebration. But the last day, or really the last week in general, is tough for me. It's the sign that he'll no longer have *this* teacher or be in *this* class. It's a sign that he's growing older and far too quickly.
Anyway, enough of my rant. Here's a few pictures from the evening:
A new blog friend, Kristine, posted a weekly challenge last week. It's called Throw-Away Thursday. You grab a trash bag and throw away items around the house with a 30 minute time cap, counting as you go and trying to get rid of 100 items. I spent my time in the boy's playroom and cleared over 75 items, consisting of broken items, games with missing pieces, and loved-no-longer toys. Some of these items will be put away in the garage until our next garage sale (we have about 2 each year) but most will be tossed.
On the adoption front, there's no big news right now. I had my fingerprinting done (total time from in to out was only 18 minutes!) last week but Mark had to reschedule due to a conflict with a very big project with work. Once he gets his new appointment and he has his physical, we are done paperchasing our homestudy! Woot woot!
Great job on the cleanup!! You got rid of a lot of stuff.
It is always so emotional with our little ones and milestones that is for sure..your boys are just beautiful!
Glad to hear that all of your paperwork is on its way to getting done. I keep forgetting to ask you, did you stay with the same agency?
Kristine
Posted by: Kristine | May 31, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Congrats to your big boy!!!
I follow Kristine's blog also and we managed to throw away a tone just out of our kitchen!! Isn't it a great feeling?!?!
Posted by: Rachel | June 03, 2009 at 01:37 PM
Kids grow up SO FAST!!
And I love Throw away Thursday......I might need a whole garbage truck, LOL!
Posted by: Angie | June 08, 2009 at 07:09 PM
Congrats to the Graduate! Any big summer plans this year?
Love the idea of throw away Thursday! I seriously need to do that. We still have like 5 boxes in the guest room from our move in December. Yeah, I'm slacking... big time.
ps - Such a nice picture of you, Mark and the grad. I always picture you with red hair, because of the photo in your banner. Blonde looks good on you, tho!! :)
Posted by: christen | June 15, 2009 at 12:41 PM