Graduations

Today was DD's Kindergarten Graduation. The ceremony began with the kids coming into the hall in two lines to the tune of Pomp and Circumstance. The program started with the Pledge of Allegiance, then the Star Spangled Banner, and then Texas Our Texas. Next, they recited the Our Father in Latin and then in Spanish. I remember DS#2 doing that when he was in Kindergarten. It was amazing then as it is now that they can teach these 5 and 6 year olds how to do say all of those words. Next they sang a few songs and then each child walked up and received their certificates from their Headmaster. After the ceremony came the "celebration" according to DD. They had a nice spread, with wraps and sandwiches, Chick-Fil-A nuggets, chips, and veggies. They also had these cute cupcakes topped with chocolate covered graham crackers to make them look like mortarboards.

This afternoon, DS#1 achieved his own graduation of sorts. He was offered a position on the "Super 2" soccer team. For those of you not familiar with soccer speak, this means that he will be moving up to a more competitive level. Basically, his coach (who will be coaching this "new" team) said that, although DS is probably not quite at that skill level yet, he has shown his dedication by being at almost all of the practices and games. DS's coach knows how he plays better than anyone else, and it was a nice vote of confidence that he asked DS to "move up". Sadly, because they are moving a few of the boys from DS#1's current team up to the more competitive level, there aren't enough boys left to field a team. There are eight boys (from DS's "old" team) who won't be offered any spot for the Fall season. Still, we're very proud of our two new "graduates".