Everyone at Graduationis

Martha, Mike and I enjoyed ourselves at Sam's graduation. There was an art show following the ceremony where the halls were lined with all of the art projects that the kids had done throughout the year. It was very impressive. They had studied all kinds of artists, Picasso, Renoir, Monet, Keith Harring, Escher and then made their own artwork in the artists' design. Sam even learned about all of the artists. I think that Sam's favorite is Picasso.

Singing At Graduation

Here is a rendition of Don Alfredo, a Spanish song, that the kids love. Enjoy!

Sam's Preschool Graduation

Sam was so excited to graduate from preschool. He has been with these same children for the last 3 years, so it was a nice celebration. Due to his post-September 1 birthday, he gets the pleasure of doing pre-K all over again next year. He is actually looking forward to it, although he keeps asking when it will be his turn to go to Kindergarten. Here are some shots of the actual graduation, which, by the way, started at 6:30 (Sam's usual bedtime)!

"I all done"

But not really...here you see Tyler trying to get every last drop from his fudgicle. This was his first time trying the pop, and he really seemed to enjoy it. What a mess!

Who Do You Love?

I think the sugar has gone to their heads. Tyler cannot think of anything but the Elmo song, and Sam is obsessed with Tyler's ear! Thank goodness someone said something intelligent (Michael).

Swimming and Dessert with Papa

The boys are truly enjoying their last weeks at home with Mike before he leaves on a six-month excursion to Iraq. Here you can see Mike has his hands full swimming in the pool with Sam and Tyler. After the swim, everyone enjoyed some very messy fudgicles and watermelon. As you can tell, Tyler cannot get enough of dessert, watch how he manages to hold onto the fudgicle and still eat the watermelon, smart boy!

Sam's Last Soccer Game

We were only able to get still shots of Sam's last soccer game, let's just say the action was too fast paced and by the time we got the video started, someone else got the ball or the goal was scored. Sam did great, scored 2 goals, played defense nicely and even passed to his teammates, certainly far better from last year's picking the grass in the goal! Way to Go, SAM!!!