My Preschool Grad

Brayden has been going to Shari Yee's little Montessori preschool since he turned three and he graduated this week! I still remember his very first day, the outfit he wore, his nervous but excited little smile, the painting he brought home. I had just had Koston and I was also excited for him to be able to go to school and make friends and learn. I was so proud and sad at the same time, I gave him a hug and kiss and told him to have fun. As I was leaving the classroom, he was already sitting with the class, and he turned back to say, "Bye Mama... have fun." I still remember like it were yesterday.

Well now seeing him with his classmates at the graduation, I had to ask myself, "is this the same Brayden?" he TOWERS over most of his classmates, he looks so much older, and ready to move on. The kids walked out in their white caps and gowns to the graduation song, and out came my son, plugging his ears. Yes, he is very awkward when it comes to songs, or dancing, etc. He gets embarrassed. But then he sat down and spotted me in the crowd and gave me the perfect camera pose, over and over again. That boy LOVES the camera.

Well, I had promised him that we could go to Chick Fila for lunch after graduation, but since it was over by 9:30 am, oops, we had about three hours to kill. So what better to kill time than with Target and PetsMart and then Click Fila, oh my. Everywhere we went, Brayden kept his graduation hat on, and random people kept telling him Congratulations! It was so fun to see his proud smile. At Target I told him he could choose a small graduation gift. He was so cute. He wanted a new game for his little V-Smile video game thing. I put all of the games that were in his age range in a pile and he carefully laid them all out and studied the front and back of each package until he was confident with his perfect choice. Such a careful consumer, I think he must get that from me. :) Then off to Petsmart, Kosty's FAVORITE place. Every time we go there, he kisses each of the cat cubicles individually, without me telling him to! He is terrified of the birds for some reason. I have to say I was VERY tempted to pick one of the 3 adorable teeny kitties that were there that day. Too bad they grow up! They were adorable. I have been telling Brayden that when he gets older and responsible enough to clean out the tank every week, he can get a fish. How sad is that, a fish!? BORING. But I'm allergic and I think its way too hot to keep an animal outside. Well Brayden told me, "Never mind, Mama. I don't want a fish anymore. When we come back, I want that kitty. She really likes me." How much I wanted to buy her, right then and there. Quick! Distraction. Time for Chick-Fila, where we met up with our friends and got this CUTE pic of all of them! I love how little Kosty ran in there at the last second and posed. Well no more school, eek. I have to get busy on keeping Brayden very busy this summer!