Graduation (sniff!)

Alex had his preschool graduation last week. Very sweet - they all marched in and sang some songs as a group. Then each of the individual classes got up and sang their own two songs. We were very proud of Alex - we weren't sure he would participate and "shy Alex" would emerge. But he stood right up there with his classmates and sang along (though you can see from the video that he probably didn't know the words as well as he could have).



(Try this link here if you can't get the above video to work.)

Best friend Henry is the redhead behind and over one from Alex; other best friend Peter is the other boy on the front row. (I don't know why the video is bigger than the posting area - maybe I can get Jim to tweak this later because I've tried everything I know to make it fit).

Even Alex's teachers were proud of him that night. He's just come such a long way from the boy who would sit there with his arms crossed and head down, refusing to participate.

Here he is with two of his three teachers:


We were so lucky to find this school for him. It was such a wonderful, caring place that worked to make him feel at home. I've had people comment about it being not a very "academic" school, but that is just what my boy needed. He'll get academics soon enough; he just needed a little more socialization. And if I can brag for a minute, my 5-year-old recently-graduated preschooler is already reading just about all his sight words, so I think he's doing quite well in the academics area!