the graduate

Today was Rachel's kindergarten graduation.  And she almost didn't get to go.  She woke up this morning coughing like crazy.  Everything single thing was bringing her to tears and it was obvious that she wasn't feeling good.  Her temp was just a teeny tiny bit over normal, and if it had been any other day, I would've kept her home, but neither of us wanted her to miss her last day.  I gave her some ibuprofen and sent her on her way, crossing my fingers that it was the right choice.  Once she got out to the bus stop, she was distracted and happy and acting more like herself.

She did fine, though she coughed a lot during the songs they performed for the parents.  But we were both glad she went.

Since we've been home she's been coughing non stop, though.  The poor girl just can't get a break. 

But here are pictures from her graduation.  I took a ton, but most of them have her friends and classmates in the pictures, so I can't really include them on here.  First they did an obstacle course and played some games outside.  Then we came in and there was a little graduation ceremony in the classroom where they sang songs for us and got their diplomas from the principal. 

My little graduate

The obstacle course--she was the only one who thought to push the ball through the cones instead of kicking it (most kids kicked it and lost control and had to run after it, but she pushed it through quickly and easily!  That's my girl--unconventional, but always thinking!  :)  Oh, and I have to explain the tiara.  I got to school and saw that she had a tiara on (she didn't have one on when she got on the bus this morning).  No one else had one on.  One of her friends' parents asked me why she had it on too.  I told them I didn't know but my guess was that one of the girls on the bus had given it to her.  They've been trading things back and forth for the last few days.  Sure enough, when I asked her, that's where it came from.  Mikayla had given it to her on the bus.  So that's my girl, the only one in the tiara.  I made her take it off so she could wear her graduation cap.

Water balloon toss

Getting her diploma from the principal

Aren't these the cutest snacks ever for a kid's graduation???

Rachel and her teacher. 

Can't believe I have a first grader now!!!!