Kinder-Arden Graduation

Can it really be over already?  Hard to believe, but true.  Kinder-Arden (as Cora called it when Arden first started going there, and which term has been adopted by the whole family) has come to an end.  Last week they even had a little graduation ceremony.  Here is Arden getting her "diploma" from the principal.

After all the kids got their diplomas, they sang a few songs for us and recited some poems.  Arden's favorite song was "A-too-dee-taa" where the kids get to do all sorts of silly actions like stick out their tongues and dance around with their knees together. 

After the program was over, Arden proudly showed off her graduation certificate (notice in the picture next to the certificate that she isn't wearing her little graduation hat.  Who's mom forgot it was graduation picture day and put up her hair in two little twirly buns that prevented said hat from being put on her head?  Ooops....)

Then we got one last picture of the Three Kindergarten Musketeers!  Arden has had so much fun with these two this year.

 And here is Arden with her teacher.

Arden has learned SO MUCH this year.  She is quite the little reader now!  She said her favorite part of school (except for playtime, of course) was art. (She has brought home so many little masterpieces that she is running out of places to squirrel them away.  I don't want to throw them away either!  I now understand why my mom kept a big old box of my kindergarten papers in the basement for 20 years.) 

Most of all, Arden had a great time in kindergarten and really loved going to school every day.  I know THAT won't last forever so I tried to enjoy it.  I am SOOOO proud of her and how well she has done in school this year! 

(is it too early for me to be dreading 1st grade?)