John's Preschool Graduation

John "graduated" from the Pre-K class at Covenant United Methodist Preschool. John had a great year with a teacher named Jan Glosser. Miss Jan is not your typical preschool teacher. She is tall and a rather large woman and is not warm and fuzzy. I think she does really well with BOYS. And John seemed to like her a lot. She really liked John and gave me some good counsel when I was struggling with Pre-K vs. Kindy for John for next year. She told me that if John were going to a traditional public kindergarten, she would send him on, but knowing the rigors of ACS, the choice was not so cut and dry.

On graduation day each child's teacher says something specific about each one of them. The ceremony is really sweet (and rather long!). Here is Jan's speech about John:

John is bubbly, happy, independent and helpful. 

I can always count on John to brighten my day with a great 

story from the ranch and a sweet smile to go with it. “Come on guys!” 

is a typical phrase heard from John as his natural leadership qualities 

help wrangle the guys on the playground to build something amazing 

or dig the deepest hole they can imagine. When I asked John the other 

day what he wanted to be when he grew up, he said, “A hunter!” And 

I asked, “What would you hunt” “Anything you need!” was his answer. 

John will thrive next year and I’m looking forward to hearing about 

his adventures.

- Jan Glosser

I thought this was a great summary of John.

Selfie of us at the graduation party.

John and Tyler Mangum. He is a sweet friend that lives down the street.

I really should write down the names of the kids in his class. I have no idea who they are.
Sometimes I feel like I do not have the bandwidth to be super involved in two schools.

Graduation ceremony. I am horrified that I did not make him dress nicer. For some reason
I think I was gone that morning and did not realize what was happening.
Good grief. For future reference John LOVES those boots - summer or winter.
It does not matter.

John and his best buddy, Blake Mezger. The love each other very much.
Such a sweet friendship.