The Graduate

When Xanthe asked me this morning if it was "school today," I said, "No, you never have preschool ever again."  She's a graduate!  Mr. and Mrs. Young's empire of 65 students put on a delightful show last night.  It was so much fun to see so many of Xanthe's friends in the group!  Xanthe prepared for it for weeks, going over various instructions like, "We're going to sing really loud," and "We know all the words."  She even mentally rehearsed eating the popsicle afterwards.  Many times, she told me, "We're going to get a popsicle and it's going to be like an Otter Pop and there will be scissors and we'll cut the top so I can eat it like this!"  Followed, of course, by a pantomime of eating a popsicle.  I'm not sure she sang particularly loudly, but she did a stellar job of eating that popsicle, just like she practiced.  For graduation, Coco and Bill gave Xanthe a doll named Mei Ling.  Mei Ling had to wait in the car during the graduation program so Xanthe would have her hands free to do the actions to the songs, but she has been everywhere else.  She is a beautiful doll, just like our little graduate.

Thank you very much to Grandma, Aunt Nikki, Coco and Bill and Josh and Emily for coming.  I know some of you were there to see Esmae, but still!  :)  Esmae and Eli and Emi, Hazel, Landon, Nancy, Sarah and the others, you were great!  Go out there and conquer the world.  Or just kindergarten.