Ryan's Graduation Day!

And what a day! From the start of our day at 6:30am right until bedtime, was non-stop go. We left the house at 9:15am, stopped at Tim's for coffee and then to Preschool for Ryan's graduation ceremony. We brought a meat tray with olives and buns for the little lunch afterwards.

The whole thing was fantastic. Very well done. All the parents were seated and Mrs. D. ushered in the children all wearing their "Caps". They were the cardboard type, but ever so cute. The 18 children of Ryan's morning preschool class proceeded to sing several songs for us. Ryan didn't sing much but he did participate.

After the singing was done, Mrs. D. and Mrs. Isaac called each child up to get their "diploma" and Mrs. D. introduced each child and gave a few details about their likes, pets etc. When Ryan was called up, Mrs. D. introduced, "This is Ryan, his favorite food is sandwiches and milk, his favorite toy is his firetruck and his favorite toys to play with at school are the trains and blocks to make roads for the cars." Then he was handed a book, (this had this very important information in it) as well as the skills he mastered during preschool and a great photo of him with his cap on the front cover.

We then watched a great DVD that Mrs. D. put together with all the pictures she had taken over the course of the school year. Chenoa and I were talking and she is going to borrow the DVD and copy it. I'm going to give her a recordable DVD so she can burn me a copy as well. We then had a quick bite to eat and then that was it.

After graduation, we drove to Abbotsford to surprise Ryan with a visit to the Fish Hatchery. Shane had fallen asleep, so I stayed in the van while he slept and Dave and Ryan headed in. A guy who works for the hatchery took Dave and Ryan to the back ponds where Ryan learned how to cast a rod and actually caught a rainbow trout. Of course, I had the camera in the van, so unfortunately, no picture of him with the fish. Shane did wake up about 1/2 hour later. I nursed him and headed in but they were just heading out. I missed it, but will for sure do that again as it's free. They offer a 4 hour tour which is only like $5.00.

After the hatchery, we headed home. Dave had to go back into Abbotsford for his physiotherapy appointment with Rachael. While he was in Abbotsford, he bought Ryan a brand new soccer ball as a graduation present. When Dave got home, they kicked the ball around a bit. I put Shane in the swing for the first time. He loved it! I then started dinner. We ate. Finally put the kids to bed. Have already been upstairs once with Shane. Now am just trying to tidy up a bit as Debby is coming for Ryan's last Speech Therapy appointment tomorrow. I'm bushed, but it was definately a fun day! I still can't believe school is done already. Where did that time go? Anyway, night to all.....