Last Day Of School

Today is the last day of Kindergarten!!  Woo Hoo!!  Tyrus was so excited when he woke up this morning because he knew that school was out for summer and that Mama was picking him up early and we were going straight to Florida for a week!!  Here he is putting his Gator up that he left in the yard all night...

 Mary couldn't be left out of the early morning Gator fun...

 Tyrus got Ms. Reagan and Ms. Hancock a gift card and some yummy candy...

 His last weekly report sheet.  I may have stolen this and kept it forever. :)

 I love his little sleepy faced smile...

 We planned on picking up Carson so the boys could walk in together for their last day of school.  They were so excited!!

 Now, my plan was to be the only car in the line so that I could get a picture of the boys standing in front of the door.  Kinda like "they walked in as Kindergartners and walked out as first graders".  However, the first person the boys saw when we pulled in the parking lot was Ms. Reagan and I can't really remember if they even opened the door to get out of the car, that's how fast they were gone!  This is the best picture I got of them walking in...

 It's so hard to believe that just a few months ago this baby cried and cried when I pulled up to the door and, today, he was out of the car without even saying bye to me.  Sniff Sniff.  Where did my little baby go?
We had the car packed and ready to go.  I left work at 12:00 to go get the kids and head to Florida!!
When I got to the school T's class was standing outside looking at something.  T saw me and knew it was time to go see Grandma...

 This is what they were looking at....

 Tyrus is the scientist of Kindergarten so he was first in line to try to get this guy off of the ceiling...

 And the first to get his bug book and try to identify the creature...

 But, the clock was ticking and I was anxious to get on the road and make record time to Florida.  Doesn't he look sad to be leaving school?

 He wasn't, but isn't it sad to see Ms. Reagan watching him leave? :( 

Here we go to the BEACH!!!!!!!

The Night Before His Last Day

Back on July 31, the night before his first day, I asked Tyrus some questions.  Here were his answers:
What is your name?  Tyrus
How old are you? 5
What is your favorite color?  Green
What is your favorite animal?  Sea Creatures
What do you want to be when you grow up?  Fireman
What is your favorite movie?  Sea creature movies (Jaws??)
What is your favorite book?  Sea creature book (maybe a fish book that used to belong to Neil?)
What makes you happy?  Great Wolf Lodge
What makes you sad?  When Mama doesn't let me do something that looks fun
What is your favorite food?  It's hard to say.  Maybe fruit?
What is your favorite song?  The state song (the song that I learned in the 5th grade)
What is your favorite game?  Sea creature games about sharks eating a boat
What are you looking forward to about Kindergarten?  Nothing :)

And now, an entire school year later, here are his answers tonight:

What is your name?  Tyrus
How old are you? 5
What is your favorite color?  Every single boy color
What is your favorite animal?  Fish, Alligators, Snakes, and all that stuff.  Reptiles.
What do you want to be when you grow up?  Work at an Aquarium
What is your favorite movie?  Independence Day
What is your favorite book?  Ultimate Weird But True
What makes you happy?  Carson and the beach
What makes you sad?  When I don't get checked out of school
What is your favorite food?  Candy
What is your favorite song?  Nothing
What is your favorite game?  I don't know yet
What was your favorite part of Kindergarten?  Bringing the class pet home over Christmas

Tyrus Graduates

This morning our little boy officially graduated from Kindergarten!  In August he will be a first grader!  Here is the class of 2024...

 Here is our boy, never too far from Carson...

 All of his classmates...

 Carson Spada getting his diploma...

 T's turn...

 After the ceremony we were invited back to T's class for an award presentation.  Neil and I were happy to see some of his work.  It says...
Favorite Subject:  Science
Favorite Book:  Hurricane
Favorite Game:  Four Corner
My Friends:  Carson Walker
A Kindergarten Memory:  My favorite memory was going on field trips.

 Neil followed him around with the video camera...

 Tyrus and V.J.

 Ms. Reagan gave out special awards.  Tyrus received the award for most excelled in Science.  Here he is getting his award...

 After the first set of awards Ms. Reagan gave out another award.  Each child got a special piece of candy that best described them.  It was a very cute idea.  Here Tyrus is receiving his "Smarties" award...

 T's first teacher...

 Our little Smartie...

 Then it was picture time.  T and C made sure and got a bunch of pictures together...

 T with Ms. Reagan and Ms. Hancock...

 AND Mama and Daddy...

 After the ceremony in the classroom Tyrus was invited to go home with Carson.  He was excited about this because anytime with Carson is a good time and he got checked out of school early.  After I finished work Christy and David met me and Mary at our local mexican restaurant to treat the boys to a special graduate dinner...

 Mary

 Batman

 Mary goes to school right around this area so anytime we go we see people that she knows.  We were eating and Mary started talking to the little boy across the restaurant.  Apparently his name is Reece and Mary adores him...

 Special treat for our grads...

 So proud of these sweet little turds...

Walker Turns 6

I still remember the day that Melissa told me she was pregnant with this sweet boy.  It was so long ago, but I can picture it like it happened yesterday.  4 weeks after she told me that she was 8 weeks pregnant Tyrus decided that his best bud couldn't be born too much earlier than him!  Melissa and I worked together and grew together and we would sometimes put our bellys to each other and let the boys talk.  Now, 6 years later, here we are.  I wish we could see them more, but I'll take what I can get.  Tyrus adores Walker Boone and his entire family.  We sure have come a long way in 6 years!
Tonight we went to the Choo Choo Park to celebrate Walker turning 6.  His birthday is not actually until Monday, but we had a great time helping him celebrate a little early.

This is Jack.  Jack is in Mary's class at East Lake.  Mary talks about him all the time.  His big brother is in Walker's class at school so that's why Mary got to see him on a Saturday.  When Jack, J.T., and there Dad got to the party Jack and Mary ran off to play.  Jack's Dad looked at me, wondering who that little girl was, I shook his hand and told him I was Mary's mom.  He just smiled and said, "Oh Mary, I've heard a lot about little Mary. "

I wonder how many times he has done this in his life...

LOVE this one...

Of course, Mary had to let Mrs. Melissa fix her hair during the party.  Like she didn't have enough to do already...

When it came time to eat there was a boy's side...

And a lady side...

Tyrus would move in with Walker if we let him...

It was very cool to just let the kids play.  I usually have to chase one of them around, worried that they might fall, but they are getting so big.  All I had to do was take pictures...

Melissa made this cake...

No wonder Mary loves him, right?...

When did they grow up?

Daddy showed up after work...