Preschool Graduation

Ethan had his preschool graduation last week. It was a very bittersweet day for me. My kids are all two years apart in school, so we had two years at the preschool with Will, then two years with Abby, and what I always expected would be two years there with Ethan. Well, Ethan only had one year there. One amazing year. He’ll be onto Universal PreK in the fall at the school Will and Abby go to. The teachers and I had a tearful goodbye last week. They have been so amazing with Ethan this year. The school is a private, mainstream school, but the teachers were so open to E’s extra help and did so much beyond what I could have ever expected. They truly love my little boy and genuinely care about what happens with him.

The graduation ceremony was adorable. The kids sang songs and did the movements with them. Ethan did such a wonderful job. He attended very well and there were only a few times that he used the other kids as models to remember the hand movements. We had a chance to test out his sign language at one point, too. The kids were all supposed to be seated and he was standing there looking at me. I signed “sit” and he sat down immediately. It’s nice to be able to communicate like that with him. My other kids are learning sign language as well.

Here’s Ethan with his proud mom and dad on his big day.