Last Day of Preschool

Class photo taken in September 2009

Walking in before the program

It's a little hard to tell in these pictures, but Andrew is not singing or looking too thrilled.

(He's the one in the middle in green stripes.)

Looking right at me thinking, "Please stop taking my picture and SAVE me!"

I love his glare in this picture and the glowing eyes make him look a little evil.
(Sorry for the poor quality. My camera had trouble with the lighting.)

Receiving his preschool certificate from Miss Staci.

I only captured half his class. Maddie, Zeke, Saylor and Andrew

After the program and happy!

Buddies: Zeke, Andrew and Eli

Saylor, Eli and Andrew
(There were others in his class, but we started taking pictures too late!)

Miss Staci, Saylor and Andrew

This was taken Wednesday after school with some church friends:
Andrew, Tristin, Carter and Collin

Today was Andrew's last day of preschool and he was none too thrilled. Partly because he understood that it was THE last day and he wouldn't see his friends or Miss Staci anymore. And mostly because the last day involved a music program. Andrew, who typically is not shy, has extreme stage fright and DOES NOT like being on stage. I guess his future in drama may be on hold!

The past two weeks have been a little stressful for him because they have been practicing every day for this program. Bribes and encouragement from his teacher did not help. He refused to sing or do any motions. He wouldn't sing the songs for me at home. I tried to get him to teach them to me, but it wasn't happening. So, we were happy that he was able to stand on stage and not have a total meltdown. He did have some sort of itchy-eye problem that required a lot of rubbing of the eyes during the program, but no crying or screaming!

We are sad that his first year of preschool is over already, but so happy that he had such a great year with a great teacher and made lots of new friends.