We hit another one of those childhood development milestones. On September 8, they started kindergarten:
This past Saturday, they graduated:
I blinked and the school year was over.. well maybe it was longer than a blink, I did manage to read a bit, knit a few things and write a bucketload of computer code. But still, time moves seriously fast when there are kids involved! I’m proud of their accomplishments this year. They are now readers, can tell basic time, and do addition and subtraction. I don’t remember doing those in KG! I remember cutting and pasting, snacktime and naptime 
Well done my monkeys. I can’t wait to see what this next year brings… (and even better, they start public school! – no more tuition…yaaaaayyyy!). I love you guys.
Craft on!
9 responses so far ↓
1 --Deb // Jun 23, 2010 at 10:11 pm
They’re getting so big so fast! I still can’t believe how little they were when I met you three. Congratulations, monkeys!
2 Tina M. // Jun 23, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Eee, they’re so cute! I’m going through the whole blink-they’re-so-big thing with Michelle’s son Little Man, it’s so true.
Congratulations on your kids not only growing up, but also for freeing up some cash. Total win-win.
3 dorre // Jun 23, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Yay , congrats to the monkeys
4 Elsie // Jun 23, 2010 at 11:15 pm
What a great picture and where did the time go!
5 Donna // Jun 24, 2010 at 12:48 pm
The time will fly by even faster if you can believe it over the next few years! My baby is a sophomore in HS now and I can remember kindergarten graduation like it was yesterday. And yes – we did not learn that much in kindergarten! These kids are light years ahead of us.
6 Hillary // Jun 24, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I remember only too well the thrill of going from preschool to Free School. Woo hoo. Enjoy every minute. My baby starts her last year of elementary school in the fall and my older daughter will be a High School freshman. Egad! It goes way too fast. Blink and you’ll miss it.
And yes, school is way different these days.
7 Laurie // Jun 25, 2010 at 7:51 am
Congrats! I agree on the speed of education. My 7 year old niece is reading. I think the brains are wired differently from toddlerhood with the advent of computers, and I think we are seeing how far you can push myelination and learning.
8 Kris // Jun 25, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Those cap and gown combos are too darn cute. I agree with the posters that said it goes so fast — my eldest just graduated 8th grade — enjoy it while it lasts!
9 janna // Jun 27, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Yay, and congratulations!