Hats Off-- Literally!

Even though we had a holiday on Monday, this week has

seemed so incredibly long.

Both Greer and Kean got some type of stomach bug on Tuesday

so there was an inordinate amount of laundry done

and a lot of time spent reading books and doing flash cards.

 Wednesday brought a problem with Kean still not feeling well

at school and an issue with his eye-- which led to an unplanned

visit to the doctor's!

By today (Thursday), my goal was just for him to make

it through the hour set aside for Kindergarten graduation.

Grandpa Bodily (Gobily) was my hot date.

 Kean had his own chair (with an aid behind him or beside him

the entire time).  He would never have made it standing on the risers

for an hour.

 He was surprisingly good, even somewhat participating

in some of the little songs they sang for their program.

 Just notice though, out of all the Kindergarten classes--

about 90 students, Kean was the only kiddo refusing to wear

his graduation cap.  And refuse he did.  We were quite

entertained throughout the program as his poor aid

tried her hardest to get him to put it on-- even for a minute.

He'd push is away, toss it, or turn his back on the hat!

He did cooperate when it came time to pick up his diploma though...

Oh, and he still wouldn't wear that hat- even for Gobily.

 That kid-- I always say, he has an extra chromosome

of stubborness.

 I did get a particularly sweet photo of him cuddling with his

Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Hymas.

 She is as loving and kind as she looks.

It is pretty obvious Kean adores her.

 And this is his buddy, Bobby.

Bobby's mom is Kean's aid and over the Special Ed program

at his school.  Bobby, thankfully, has taken Kean under

his wing, even playing with him at recess etc.

  And we can't have a graduation day without a picture

with his aid, Mrs. Baker (or Baker if you are Kean).

She has the perfect combination of love and firmness

to work with this boy of ours.

We hope, hope, hope she will be with him next year.

And yes, we did suggest to his teacher that she move up too!

By the way, next year-- he will move up to First Grade.

We feel it is best to keep him with his peers even 

though he is quite delayed.

He still gets exhausted before his 3 hour Kindergarten

class is over.  So he will be starting out with a modified

first grade-- only going three hours.

Hopefully, he will get stronger and we can add on to that.