Jack's Last Day of Kindergarten

Wow. Kindergarten is in the books. For the first born anyway! It seems like yesterday that I was kissing him goodbye and shedding tears over the end of an era with my sweet baby. He has grown and matured so much this year and is so excited to be a big first grader next year. He is also excited that Graham will be at his school next year as a preschooler. We are moving on up!

Some of the milestones Jack experienced this year: 

- He napped before he went to kindergarten. The first few weeks of school were rough without that nap! They do rest but only for 30 minutes and he wasn't able to sleep there. I remember thinking that Monday and Tuesday were okay but by Wednesday he was feeling the effects and on Thursday and Friday he was just exhausted! I questioned whether I should have sent him to all day K. But thankfully, as the weeks went by, he grew out of that. And for most of the year he has had plenty of energy to last through the day and still be a pleasant guy to hang out with in the afternoon and evenings!

- He accepted Christ as his personal Lord and Savior! This seems like it deserves more than a bullet point but somehow it makes sense as one because that's how it went in real life. It was just part of his day, like anything else. He came home from school and told me, "Mom when we pray tonight I want to ask Jesus into my heart." Um. WHAT?! I could hardly hold back my emotion but I told him we could certainly do that. Randy and I talked with Jack that night to make sure he understood what this meant. He did. And we prayed. I am so thankful for CCS and Mrs. Ferguson as their example is part of what led him to take this step. This is truly and answer to prayer and I am excited to see how his faith matures over the years of his life.

- He is reading! Before K he could read a few words and some very basic books but now he is really reading. He mastered his sight words easily all year long and rarely needs my help sounding out words when we are doing his reading homework. He also love being read to so I cherish our evening chapter book time!

- He became a big brother again! Jack is such a wonderful big brother. He is a born leader and I pray that he uses that for God's glory always.

- He received all S's on his report card!! S stands for successful and all year there were two P's until this last report card: uses self control and listens attentively to others. I am so proud that he was able to master these skills and earn an S to finish off the year!

- His standardized test scores are through the roof. He really excelled and although we wouldn't have expected any less, it was still wonderful to see those results. He made a perfect score in New Testament Bible stories among a few other categories. :)

- He earned the GRACE award at the assembly today! How awesome to hear that he is gracious at school toward his friends and teachers!!

We love this boy so much and are so proud of him!!