The Graduate

Ashley graduated from preschool this week! She has been attending a cute little school just a few blocks away from us during this past school year. The class was every Monday and Wednesday from 9-11 am. Our neighbor friend, Elena, attended the same school and Ashley had a lot of fun carpooling and getting to be better friends with her during the year.

Her teachers, Miss Megan and Miss Stephanie, are the most adorable sisters and they've done a great job with her class. Coincidentally, their dad served a mission in Thailand too! Miss Megan was actually born in Thailand and lived there for the first 5 years of her life. What a small world. We have had some good conversations about our favorite Thai dishes and restaurants in the area. We will really miss them next year!

Ashley absolutely loved going to school on Mondays and Wednesdays, and came home each day with stories about what they did and what they learned.  She loved the music CD that her teachers gave her for Christmas (though I wanted to strangle myself after she listened to it for the 1000th time!) It had songs like "Going on a Bear Hunt" and "Five Little Ducks".

At the graduation, all the kids enjoyed watching a DVD featuring photos from the past school year. They were all so excited when they found out that a copy was going home with each one of them! Ashley has already watched it a dozen times; she's been rockin' out to the fun Jack Johnson tunes in the background.

Can't believe she's done with preschool and going on to "4 Year-Old Preschool", as she calls it. She's got another year since she won't be 5 years old by the deadline for kindergarten. Next year she'll be attending the Redd Schoolhouse in a nearby neighborhood and she's already counting the days!