Graduation Tears, Congratulation Cheers

This week has been a crazy busy week of babysitting our students as we practiced and prepared for graduation. Now my babies are gone! Everyday we have been practicing our student’s speeches that they had to say at their graduation yesterday. I get a little chocked up every time I hear them say their speech because I am just so proud of them. Every time I correct them or tell them sentences to say slower or more clearly, they always come back having it down perfectly. Makes me so proud!! It blows my mind how much the students are required to memorize for the graduation! My students have to memories a one-minute speech, a story, and songs. The stories they have to memorize are entire children’s books. For example, Brian is telling the story If you give a Mouse a Cookie, and Bebe is telling Daddy, Bring me the Moon. These are exactly the shortest stories, especially when they are in a second language!

My class is so smart; I am going to miss them so much! I thought I was going to miss Bryan the most, but he’s been acting up and giving me a lot of attitude these past 3 days, so I’m not sure how much I like him anymore. Lol I am going to miss June so much, though! He is just so darn small and cute! He is always climbing on me and making silly faces at me, he never fails to put me in a better mood! Every morning when I wake up I don't want to go to work, but as soon as I get around all the students, I can’t help but smile and enjoy my day. I have absolutely loved getting to know them and play with them! I'm so sad that they are gone now!! But I am happy that graduation is finally over. This week has been hectic, trying to keep a handle a room full of 6 and 7 year olds. I mean you can only play Simon Says so many times before you run out of things to do. However, I did enjoy helping them get dressed and ready for the graduation ceremony. All of the students looked adorable in their dresses and mini tuxedos. My favorite part of graduation is the adorable songs the kids sing at the very end. The entire graduating class, about 30 students, sing really sweet songs such as, Mommy I Love You, and Graduation Tears, Congratulation Cheers- truly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! It’s funny to see the one that don't sing at all, and others that scream it as loud as they can. The fun part is when they throw their caps up into the air at the very end of the final song, like we do for a high school or college graduation.