Austin graduated on Thursday night. I picked the kids up by 4pm so we could get home and get dinner and ready for the big graduation ceremony. Austin was tired and cranky. He was pulling on Sydney dress and just being difficult. It drives me crazy. This was such an important day and don't understand why he makes it more difficult. My parents came over to go to the ceremony. They brought them balloon 3 and 5 balloons for their ages. They were very happy.
We ate dinner and then Brian and Austin left for graduation pictures. Brian takes great pictures and he decided to take pictures for the school. He needed to get there early to set up. The rest of us got there pretty early too and got front row seats. We then walked around a bit to keep Sydney entertained. She was complaining she was hungry because she did not each much of here dinner. Luckily she was easily distracted.
Brian and I were more sad about this day then Austin. He didn't understand that he will likely never see some of these kids again. We've gotten to know a lot of families and it's sad we will now go on our separate ways. Austin will be at school all summer so he is not really saying good bye but several kids are saying good bye.
Then the ceremony started. It was nice because Austin was in the front row so we could see him well. They said the Pledge of Allegiance. They sang and performed the ABC's in sign language. Then they did the best song which was the Dino-mite song. He has been practicing it for months so we kind of knew about it. Nevertheless it was awesome!
They called the kids up for their diploma. Each child got an award. Austin got the Wiz Tech Award. That suits him well. We were so proud of him. Austin has come such a long way. He's started coming out of his shell. He's not as shy. He loves playing sports especially basketball at school. He likes to observe first but then gladly joins in and plays with everyone. He never had a "best" friend at school. He had several good friends. Everyone at school liked Austin and Austin likes everyone too.
After ceremony gather in hallway for more pictures. We talked to some families. We had some cake. Then it was time to say good bye.
We came home and had cookie cake that Austin picked out yesterday at store. He wanted graduation cupcakes but we couldn't find them. Then I also got him a stuffed animal smiley face with graduation hat saying 2016.
Austin was very happy. We are too! We are excited for what the next adventure brings.
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