Connor's Preschool Graduation

I remember before I was a Mom and I would hear about the trend of preschool and elementary graduations, I always thought it was pretty lame. But now that my kid is "graduating" from preschool, I guess I have to admit it's a neat little rite of passage for these kiddos as they close one chapter and begin another.

Connor has been SO excited and talking about graduation for weeks. Last week he actually drew a picture depicting his graduation and I have to admit I was impressed. He captured many of the details of the church sanctuary where the graduation was held -- the stage, windows, doors, chairs, kids walking down the isle, and even parents in the audience with cameras (the little brown boxes, ha!). He even drew himself on stage wearing his cap and gown. When I asked him why he was the only one on stage, he said he thought it would be more fun that way. Ha!

After weeks of anticipation, Connor's preschool graduation ceremony was held this morning. Here he is before school. I could already tell it would be an interesting morning because Connor seemed to be in a "mood" since he woke up, ha!

Luckily we got to school early and managed a quick picture with Connor's sweet teachers, Mrs. Day and Ms. Mory. Mrs. Day is scheduled to be induced with her 2nd baby in a few days, so the entire class was praying she wouldn't go into labor before (or during, haha!) graduation.

The graduation ceremony was held in the church sanctuary and all the preschool kids performed on stage. They showed a slideshow of all the graduates during the ceremony. Unfortunately it was the one time all year they misspelled Connor's name. (Both of my kids are gonna have to get used to that!)

Here's the entire preschool group lined up for the performance. They all looked so cute.

They performed some songs and then the graduates left the stage to have their grand entrance before walking on stage. I think this was the part Connor was the most excited about. (You know Connor -- he loves to make an entrance!)



After the entrance, the kids walked across the stage to receive their diploma from their teachers. At this point I was juggling both the camera and the camcorder, and so neither my pictures or my video turned out very well. The video is WAY off center, but I wanted to post it for our memories. :-)

After receiving their diplomas, the graduates sang us a few more songs. The video below was one of my favorites. For some reason Connor was yawning and looking extremely bored throughout the entire ceremony.



After the ceremony, the graduates and their parents were treated to a little brunch reception. We made sure to get a couple of pictures with Mom and Dad.

Congratulations to our little preschool graduate! We love you, buddy!