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June 18, 2008

Graduation

My baby boy graduated from kindergarten yesterday. The school did a very sweet ceremony. The "kindergarten" program is just that the 5- and 6-year-olds are together from 1-3 doing some special stuff, and then with the other kids (3- and 4-year-olds) the rest of the day.

It was a nice ritual - each kid walked around the circle while the younger kids blew bubbles on them. Then each of the teachers gave a gift and talked about something they particularly would remember about that kid. The masses got a bit unruly towards the end, but that's to be expected.

I did get teary when we were saying goodbye to people. I just wasn't really prepared. The end of school came so fast, and after so many months of craziness where I felt like we were just hurtling along, trying to get through. At least we know we'll be back at the school with Linna next year, and a few of the families will be at Ethan's new school, which helps.

I wanted to tell Ethan's teacher what a good year he's had, how he's gotten so much more confident and social. Last year he was sometimes reluctant to go to school, and a little bit at the beginning of this year, too, but the head of the school and also his teacher made a special effort to invent new materials for him. And I think it helped him to be one of the big kids, and to be part of a group.

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June 11, 2008

Show business

Tonight is Ethan's first school play. He's an owl. I spent far too many hours on the costume, but it's pretty cute. After I finished it, Linna wanted to put it on too, even though it's way too big. So I figure the costume will get further use, one way or another.

We recently got "High School Musical 2" off of Netflix, having enjoyed the first one reasonably well. These movies are pure fluff, but they're fun and harmless, and Ethan, inexplicably, LOVES them. He goes around singing the songs all the time. "Na na na na, na na na na yeah..... you are the music in me." There's something sweet about how carefully he sings these songs.

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