Project 365 - Day 162

Nathan's last day of school caught me totally off guard. His school has 'Kindergarten Play Day' for the last day of school - complete with a carnival type atmosphere, BBQ for the families and songs of goodbye. Nathan was very excited to "invite" his loved ones. He was so cute explaining how we could come to school with him because he "invited" us. Mike, Laura, Noah and I joined him in the morning then Mike had to go to an appointment so my mom met up with us later to help me with Laura and Noah. I was surprised that Nathan actually got a face painting and hair spraying - he normally doesn't want to have anything to do with that kind of stuff - he is much more of a watcher than and joiner inner. I really hated the hair spray stuff - I think it took two weeks for his scalp to not be green anymore - yuck!

I was very sentimental about him completing Kindergarten. Once we got to 100 days of school it seemed the last 80 just went by in a flash. I noticed a significant and definite loss of innocence on the last day of school. My little boy was no longer timid and unsure. He was still cautious, as I am sure he will always be since it is such a huge part of his personality but he was very aloof and walking tall with his completion of kindergarten. He was fairly, okay extremely, grumpy when the day was done. Nathan has a tendency to get mean and cranky when he is overcome with emotion at times and I just tried to hug him and let him know it was okay to be sad. I am so thankful he had such a wonderful teacher. I am so proud to say he has grown so much this school year. He can READ. He can write sentences. He is full of questions and wonder about so many things. He is always picking up words when we are out and exclaiming "Mom, that says duh de duh..." He always wants to write his own stuff now and I am so blessed to have been a part of this chapter of his life and I look forward to what he will be learning in the first grade.