Graduation 2008

Well, Kindergarten Graduation was Tuesday morning and of all things, Sarah woke up with a bad case of pink eye! What does a mom do? I knew that more than likely she was highly contagious (about 70 percent of cases are contagious in the first 24 hours) It would not have been such a big deal to miss it, but I had put in a lot of work, time and money into the whole production. My mom had come over the night before to watch the kids while I went and helped decorate, pick up cupcakes and run errands. Sarah's grandparents were also planning on coming an hours drive to attend. Boy, I was bummed!! At 6:55 am we made the decision to call the grandparents and tell them not to come.....Sarah did not need to go and contaminate the entire kindergarten class on the last week of school. She was sad about it, but she understood why. So I left the house to take the cupcakes and other items that were needed that morning. When I got to school her teacher informed me that she was recieving a special award that day. She really wanted her to be there. She suggested letting Sarah sit in the audience off to the side and I could walk her up to the stage to receive her diploma and award. I called David immediately and he got her to school just in time!

We got some cute pics of her in her cap and gown (and swollen eye).....the next time she wears these, she will be graduating from high school. If only time would slow down a little bit!!!

By the way, Sarah ended up getting pink eye in the other eye and Luke followed a few days later with it too. Luckily, Andrew did not get it, but we think he now has a case of Hand, Foot and Mouth......I guess we will go ahead and get all the contagious diseases out of our system before the summer gets in full swing!!!