Graduation

On Monday Finn had a small "end of the year" ceremony for his time spent at Whiz Kids this year.  We all got dressed up and went to Immaneul Baptist Church in Lebanon.  All of the kids in Finn's three/four year old class were instructed to wear Red, White and Blue.   A quick picture of the boys before the ceremony began. 

There were three different ceremonies; Finn was the second one.  When it was his age group's turn they marched all the kids on stage.  First they sang two songs; "If Your Happy and You Know It" and something about the parts of a bug.  Finn was so sweet.  He sang the first stanza of "If Your Happy" and then developed a bad case of stage fright.  He didn't cry or leave the stage, but he did stop singing - he stood still as a stone and cluthed his hands together in the front.  Every so often he would look up and make eye contact with me.  I thought that he might cry, but he held it together.  I did manage to get him to wave at me.  Even though he didn't sing, I was still proud of him because he did such a great job holding it together inspite of his clear discomfort.

Next it was time for the specific award.  Finn got the "best manner's award."  Mrs. Wanda said that Finn had excellent manners and always said, "yes ma'am"  and "no ma'am." I was so proud of him.

After the ceremony was over we took a few pictures.

Next we went to get ice cream to celebrate.  Finn had vanilla ice cream in a cone.

Finn with his award.  After Finn brushed his teeth he said, "I have something to show you."  He started singing, "If Your Happy."  Finn got to sing his song afterall.