22 Jun 05 Graduation Day (What We Hope Is The First of Many)
Madison graduates from the 5th grade today. She‚Äôs as excited as any soon to be 6th grader can be. I’m not sure what its like around the nation but over here elementary school is 1st grade through 5th grade.
She’s a Honor Roll student, learned to play the Tenor Saxophone this year and an All-Star Softball player. Yes, she was selected to the All-Star team this year. She’s a good student, has tremendous musical ability and is an accomplished softball player. No need guessing who she takes after. Come on, didn’t you even think of me for one second?
We are certainly proud of her and somewhat nostalgic as she finishes elementary school and looks ahead to middle school / junior high. We will attend the ceremony tonight and join the other beaming parents.
In other news, the pool is finished. We measured, lasered, staked, dug, cemented, built, setup and filled with water last night. Reese (who also made the honor roll again) was ready for a 9PM swim. We told him he had to wait til tomorrow. He set out his swimsuit last night before going to sleep, woke up at 3AM wanting to know if he could swim. Such a literal thinker!
They have early release today and he is dying to get home to jump in. Of course, it started raining a few minutes ago. I guess if he’s going to be wet anyway it does not really matter.
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Randy, my server was down all day yesterday so I’m catching up. And, I have to say, yesterday taught me a LOT about my internet dependence!
James told me today that he wants to go swimming at Uncle Richard’s house and at Abbi’s house and at Grammie’s house. And I really think he wants to do it all at once. He refuses to try to swim by himself, yet the allure of the pool is undiminished.
As to yesterday’s post: The last day of school is SWEET. Summertime is SWEET…even if you have no car. But there is something about the first day of school that still gets me excited. It’s sort of an “Okay, Lord, what am I in for this year?” kind of thing. Next year’s first day might be tough as I had the best kids of my entire career this past year. We’ll see!
This isn’t fair … I should let you enjoy the moment. Joshua graduated elementary just a few weeks ago. No, that was college … but it seems as if only a few weeks ago we were attending his first graduation. Same is true with Jessica. Enjoy those special moments in their lives.
I think if Josh had awakened me at 3am to go swimming I would have thrown him in the pool for waking me up that early! You’ll enjoy the pool. We’re still waiting for our water to warm up enough to actually get in the pool. So far we’re floating on our raft built for four.
It’s so nice to be updated on the ongoings in your family. Congratulations to Reese and Madison for making the honor roll. I hope the graduation is every bit as memorable as you imagined it would be.