chet is a kindergarten graduate.

i can hardly believe that chet is all done kindergarten.

of course i am happy that he is done because that means it is SUMMER!

but, at the same time, i am sad he is done because that means he is onto first grade next year.. and that sounds so old.

our little chetty is growing up.

chet had an AWESOME experience this first year of school.

he loved going to school, he had an amazing teacher, and he made some really nice friends.
he especially liked riding buses to field trips, when the school had special hot lunch days, book fairs, recess, choosing books to bring home from the school library, and days where they did show and tell.
some of his best friends at school were diesel, griffin, and aiden.

i loved looking at all the crafts chet completed this year when he brought them home on the last day.

we are so proud of chet for all he accomplished this year.

on their last full day school, the kindergartners got to go swimming, have an outside pizza party, and have a magician put on a show in their classroom.
pretty great last day, huh?!
holden, tad, and i joined in on the swimming and pizza party.
i thought chet might want me to be there to help him, but he totally didn't need me!
he went off and swam and ate with his friends.
it was bittersweet.
i kinda wished he needed me, but i sure loved seeing him be so confident in himself and seeing him being silly with his buddies.

we were very sad to say goodbye to red deer lake school when we moved.

chet, me, chet's teacher (mrs. ozimko), and the teacher's assistant (mrs. parsons) were ALL crying when i picked him up from his classroom on the very last day of school!

we sure hope we can kind a new school here in pasadena that will live up to red deer lake.

chet is getting scammed out of 2 weeks of summer this year because school starts up 2 weeks earlier in california then it did back in alberta.

he doesn't mind. but i bet he would if he were a few years older!

first day:

last day: