I have officially made it through my first year of pre-school. Except that I started a few months into the school year. And there were a number of breaks for the winter holidays, Passover break, and other minor holidays. And, for a while there, I only went two days a week or only for a few hours each day. Regardless! I made it through my first academic year at school. And (after I switched to my current school), I LOVE it! When we have vacations, I ask to go to school. Sometimes I am still upset when I get dropped off at school. But then when I see my teacher Ms. Adina, she picks me up and gives me a huge hug and I am all better. In fact, once I get that first hug from my teacher, it carries me through and I don’t even want to come home when Mom or Dad come to pick me up at the end of the day.
Anyway, back to my Graduation. We had a ceremony at school yesterday, and-along with my friends from the 3- and 4-year-old room, we sang and then accepted our diploma. When my teacher asked me what I wanted to me when I grow up, I said “Emmett.” Mom loved this. She prefers that we live our life defined by who we are and not by what we do. So I am, officially, going to be me.
After the ceremony, there was brunch and a petting zoo. And guess which I picked to go to first? That’s right. The food table. I ate a bunch of fruit and yogurt and cookies and eggs and bagel and then I hit up the animals. There was a donkey, a miniature horse, chickens, ducks, a lama, an alpaca, and lot of goats. I thought that the goats horns felt funny and I liked to try to pet the ducks. But, after that, I was good. I went and played on the playground with my friends for the rest of the morning.
Even though I finished the academic year, I am looking forward to continuing school through the summer. My school has lots of great things planned. We are going to swim, of course. But also, the Zoo, the Museum of Nature and Science, and other great local institutions are going to be bringing their great stuff to us! (Riley is going to LOVE shark week!) And I will get to keep chasing the girls around outside, dancing for my classmates, and painting with bright, cheery colors. It is going to be great.
Emmett out.
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