Graduation

Yes, I know... it's a 3 year old graduation, but it was cute.  Ada graduated from Joy School last Thursday.  If you don't know what Joy School is, they try to teach you to like yourself so that you can treat others nicely.  It's really a fun idea and Ada just loved it.  She loved Mrs Le (my aunt) and all her friends... She learned how to obey rules like picking up after toy time, sing songs when it's time to sing (and let me tell you... that has made a big difference in Primary... she's the only one in her 10 classmates that actually sings at singing time...) and how to take turns with others her age... we're still working on her taking turns with Sammy and others that are younger than her though.  She LOVES art time and loves to paint.  My favorite is that she filled up an entire 11x14 sheet with orange paint and told me that it was a tiger... so I entitled it, "Close up of a Tiger".  She learned how to write her name and likes to try to teach Sammy.  And she learned her birthday and is learning that she can complete goals... These are all things that I can do at home with her, but she's had fun doing it with friends and I've loved watching her Joy in learning!  And I loved hearing Wyatt and Zachary saying, "Hey Ada look at this!"  Ada is actually the youngest in her class, but since it was my Aunt's last year teaching Ada was given a spot.  But she always does better with older kids it seems like.  She even is as tall as the class... Some of these kids are 5... Ada's 3... can't really see an obvious difference.