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Kindergarten Graduation

Today was London's last day of Kindergarten. Man, that went fast. I am really impressed with how much he has grown as an emotional being over this last year and the depth of his friendships reinforces my love for our little piece of the Northwest.

He had some great teachers—Angela and Mrs. Tursi—that he will miss. Angela is moving on to Ithaca, NY, but Mrs Tursi will still be around next year, so that will be nice.

Time is a cunning little thief

It is sad business to see how infrequently I post to this thing, no? 

There is that sad bit about London leaving preschool, some crap about autumn then— BAM—a year has passed. 

But that is how it goes. Really. And I know it will only get worse. I need something to anchor me in the moment.

So do you. I'm just saying.

Hobo Picnic

So because there was this Mother's Day tea, they had to do something for Father's Day, right? Of course. Well, they didn't have to, but it sure was nice. I think that our neighborhood is really uncommon in that the fathers are really active in both the school and the community. Most of us work from home so we are as available to be parent helpers as the mothers are. 

Anyway, we had this hobo picnic on Monday the 8th of June for all the fathers and I think that all 23 of us were there. That really is nice to see. 

Interestingly about London's school, Llewellyn, is that it is right next to a giant funeral home/mortuary/mausoleum compound. Yes, compound. it is huge and old. Palatial, but in a creepy Don Quixote meets Edgar Allen Poe kind of way.  So as we were walking past this facility on our way to the park for the picninc—that is 4 kindergarten classes, 100 kids—a giant truck pulled up and started unloading caskets. 

Good fun.

He is growing up so fast. 

**That present you can see on the table in front of London was my Father's Day present. It is a beautiful stepping stone with his handprints on it.