On June 2nd, Ezra finished up his elementary school career with a fifth grade promotion ceremony at school. He seemed pretty low key about the event, but insisted on getting dressed up. He loved the jacket we got for him for his piano recital, so he wore that even though the sleeves were a tad short. He looked adorable. Here he is with Bruce before we left for school in the morning.
We dropped off Ezra at his classroom and took our seats with all of the other family members. Soon the younger grades filed in and sat on the grass in front of us, and finally the fifth graders started to file in.
There were, of course, a few speeches that were great but a little hard to hear. The four fifth grade teachers sang a song to the kids about leaving elementary school that was a bit of a tearjerker. Then the principal gave out the certificates.
The teachers greeted all the students. This is Ezra’s teacher, Ms. Darrow.
He got a good bear hug.
After the ceremony we spent a few minutes milling about on the field and then there was a little party upstairs. Ezra and his friends immediately filled their plates with all sorts of goodies and dug in. I managed to pull him away for a few pictures.
Ezra and Emerson:
Ezra and Henry:
An actual family photo, missing sick Finn unfortunately:
The three musketeers:
This boy.
And just for posterity’s sake, here’s his Kindergarten school picture.
I took a ton of pictures; the whole album is here.