Jonas' Kindergarten Graduation

It never fails that the school year always go by so quickly.  Who told these kids that they could go and grow up so fast, because I certainly didn't! Since I've been terribly behind on blogging, I thought I'd do a quick round up of Jonas' Kindergarten experience. 

 First of all he had a fabulous teacher named Mrs. Willson.  She was perfectly matched to Jonas and they got along really well. She was very soft spoken and just all around sweet...he needs that kind of a teacher. I was able to volunteer in his classroom quite a bit, going in to help students pass off their Alphabet Crowns and to work with them on their handwriting.  I was also able to help with his Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, and Spring parties. In November my Dad came to visit and was able to go to Grandparent's Day at the school with Jonas and Carson.  It was a real treat as Grandparents Day is usually a little awkward for us since all our Grandparents live in Idaho and can't come.  I was also able to see him at school quite a bit as I volunteered to switch out the AM Kindergarten's Take Home Reading books and I often went to his class to get the crate or return it.

I drove Jonas to school everyday this year as I was uncomfortable having him ride to school with the B track kids (Carson is A track so on a different bus).  I did let him ride the bus home everyday and the boys and I would walk Oliver (our dog) over to get him off the bus.

This school year I also watched my friend's little boy after school three days a week.  He happened to be in Jonas' class so it worked out really nice.  We definitely had our struggles at first getting adjusted to each other (he has all sisters and was a little overwhelmed with all the male ego going on at our house!). Overall it really was a great year for Jonas and he thrived. In fact he absolutely excelled in reading and was reading on the same level that Carson had been on half way through his 1st Grade year.  He sure was sad when school was over and said he missed his teacher a lot.

Way to go Buddy!