Summer!

Today was Q's last day of school, his kindergarten year is officially over. His class performed their play today, Coyote Steals Summer. When the parents were coming in, he was trying to hide into the background, but once the play started he did well. He sang and did all of the choreography, but definitely tried not to smile too much. He has been telling me about their daily rehearsals leading up to today, but left out the detail that he was the one that ended up stealing summer to share with everyone at the end of the play. I was so surprised that he had kept it his little secret for the last couple of weeks.

Along with the play, his teacher handed out awards, Q received the hard worker award. I was so proud to hear his teacher say that Q works hard at everything from small daily tasks to big undertakings like the play. His teacher mentioned that she had been reading John Wooden's book, The Pyramid of Success, to the class and they had been discussing hard work. She commented that Q embodied hard work and he's off to a great start on his road to success. I'm so excited that his first year of school has gone so well and he has come to enjoy school and learning.

I still can't believe kindergarten went so fast. His teacher made the comment that we as kinder parents have no idea yet that every year goes this fast. I'm sure it's a true statement, but can't quite cope with that fact yet.

Fashion Conscious

So, I went in to Q’s room Sunday night to put some laundry away and found this on his bed. Hilarious, kid had already laid out his clothes for school the next day, complete with Monday undies! The kid is fashion conscious, I thought he was more fashion conscious than most kinder boys, but maybe not. He started kinder wearing Paul Frank shirts, then he switched to Star Wars shirts and now he’s been asking to buy cool shirts, specifically DC shirts. Then he asked for Nike’s when we were in Nordstrom Rack the other day. But I realized this may be typical behavior from boys in his class when he was telling me that another boy in his class said he should go back to wearing jeans instead of shorts because he looks cool in jeans. About a week ago, I dropped Q off at school one morning and noticed his class mates having fashion related conversations in line before class. It kind of bums me out that kinders are already so self conscious. With kindergarten coming to a close I can’t believe how much Q has grown up in just one year, I’m not really looking forward to all the changes and drama that first grade will bring. Thank goodness for summer vacation, I think I need it as much as Q.