graduation

Porter had his graduation from preschool tonight. I didn't know I could cry so much about something like a preschool graduation (especially because he's not truly graduating... he'll be doing preschool again this fall) But I got a little teary-eyed seeing my little boy not look so little any more.
He's definitely growing up and the kid is smart as a whip. I was so surprised to see how many things he's learned in school that I never knew about.

He knows the Pledge of Allegiance by heart, which he has never said at home. He can sing The Star Spangled Banner word for word as well.

I never knew.

He's sang several songs that he learned from preschool, but somehow these ones never came up.

He's definitely the most active in his class, Porter doesn't sit down for long. All the kids were given an award from their teacher... Porter's was the Busy Bee award because he's always keeping himself busy. And it only took the other parents about two minutes to see why that was Porter's award.

 They sang songs and performed dances for us and in the middle of one of Porter's favorite songs, he stopped and ran over to me. "Mom! This is my favorite shirt! I love this shirt Mom!!" I quickly told him to go back and join his class. "Okay Mom, okay!!" And he was off again. (It may appear that he is showing his friend his tummy, but he's actually showing her the shirt.)

 He's sitting next to his best friend in preschool. Little Avlyn is so sweet and she has made Porter her best friend. Avlyn's mother was so excited to finally find out which little boy was Porter because Avlyn apparently can't stop talking about him at home.

I'm so glad we got Porter into preschool this year... it has made a huge difference for him. He loves school and is always so excited to go. He loves his teacher too. Miss Nicole has been great.

After graduation we went out to celebrate and we got snow cones.

This kid has personality oozing out of him. He's such an amazing little boy and I'm surprised at how much he has grown. I think I held it together pretty well tonight, but I don't know what it will be like in another year when I'm looking at sending him off to kindergarten. It's been weird having him at preschool and realizing that he has this entire other life aside from me. He goes on his own, has his own friendships and knows things that I wasn't aware of.  And while it makes me a little sad, I'm just so tickled that I get to have him the rest of the time.