She really did graduate!

When Jordan finished elementary school in Los Angeles, it was a big deal.  She got a new dress, they had a graduation ceremony, we presented her with a flower lei, and I think we even took her out for a mani-pedi!!  It was a big deal, so big that I even blogged about it here.

Well, this past week Kya graduated from elementary school too (only it's 6th grade here in WA instead of 5th...which I love btw).  But her school here didn't do a graduation ceremony.  It's not that they didn't celebrate; they had a sixth grade picnic, they had a trip to the water slides for those on safety patrol, they got t-shirts with everyone's signatures, and they even did a variety show!  But no ceremony to buy her a new dress for or give her flowers at, or to watch her get some sort of diploma from her teacher!  I was a little sad about that, until I found out that Kya wanted to audition to sing in the variety show and guess what?  She wanted to wear a new dress!!

So Kya sang at her variety show, all by herself, in a beautiful new dress.  I couldn't be prouder of this amazing girl!  She has done so well in elementary school, I just know great things are in her future as she heads to Junior High!!

First Day of Kindergarten

Variety Show

 

 Last Day of 6th Grade