Caleb's KG-2 Graduation

This week both boys had their last day of school (another blog post) and Caleb's graduation from KG-2. We are thankful for the great experiences they had at the Little Academy these past two years, and for the sweet friends they made.  Getting a couple of pictures of the grad and bro before leaving for the ceremony.

 And with mom (Nathan was traveling this past week).

 And Tes, who also came to graduation day.

The ceremony was downtown  so we met up with a few friends from class and caravanned there. Here are Caleb's best buds in class, Thomas and Tank. 

 They are goofy and have lots of fun together! They both leave Jordan this summer, and Caleb will miss them, but he is excited to make new friends at his new school this coming year.

 Boys with the little brothers.

 Moms of graduates.

 List of graduates from the Lion and Bumblebee class.

 The program was so cute. Each class had a slideshow, did a dance, sang songs in Arabic, English, and French, and lastly was the graduation ceremony. Lots of videos below.

Here is Caleb's artwork on display. The top one was that he wanted to be a fire fighter when he grows up. The second is Cable drawing his favorite animal, bats!

The graduation was held at the Cultural Center...check out his nice playground...and I saw they had a planetarium! We ill be coming back here.

 

First, the classes performed  a song phasing in different instruments. It was really cute!

Next, there were a few dances. First was a cultural dance. Caleb's friend Thomas two kids to the left of the girl in the middle.

Next was Caleb and Tanks's dance. Caleb is all the way on the left. Caleb was pretty tight lipped about this show, so I had no idea about the dance. The night before graduation, he did tell me that he was nervous because a lot of people would be there. There was close to a couple hundred people in the auditorium that day, and Caleb did great. I'm really proud of him, he has come a long was over the past couple of years, for performing for school shows.

Next, they had a tree planting ceremony for each class. The kids would come up two at a time and water/put dirt on a tree that will be planted at their school. This is a tradition the school has had since they opened.

The graduation ceremony was really sweet. They showed a picture of each child on the big screen, said a few words about them, then they walked down to shake the teachers hands and get their diplomas. Something happened to my camera during this time, but I caught him scurrying across the stage. 

Final song of the day!

Way to go KG-2 grads!

Caleb and his friends like to play Marines a lot. Both boys' dads were Marines, so there is lots of military talk and play, hence the saluting!

Love these two :).

Goodbye KG-2, hello Kindergarten!