Middle School No More

I've been wanting to write for weeks, but the end-of-the-school-year time warp totally sucked me in.  So here I am playing catch-up once again...

So...remember this little guy?  


He was just starting middle school as a 6th grader.  

Before I knew it, 3 years flew by, and I was taking his photo at his end-of-the-year honors assembly here:


What happened to my little boy?  It's as if I blinked, and he turned into a young man - a young man about to start high school, mind you!  Eeek!  

I created this layout to document this outrageous passage of time...


(All supplies used are from Designer Digitals.  For a full list of credits, please visit Middle School)

Roland and I are extremely proud of him.  Not only was he awarded MVP awards in both football and track, he received Academic Athlete of the Year, a truly great honor for him.  He also made A/B Honor Roll for the year and received a Presidential award.  Now, I can only pray that high school goes as well!

Emma ended the school year on a high note as well.  


Little Miss got all A Honor Roll for the year and was the top AR reader in her class.  Roland and I are extremely proud of her as well.  I feel very blessed to have two kiddos who try and do their very best each day at school.  

Another great note about Emma - can you believe she missed 16 days of school last year in Kindergarten?  This year, she only missed 6 days, and 3 of those were before she had her surgery (to remove her adenoids and insert PE tubes in her ears) in November, 2 were due to the surgery itself and 1 was due to a badly sprained wrist in the Spring.  Yay!!

Comments

[Rae Payne]

Oh, man!!! Where have I been. I think I blinked and your kids are...big and smart! Not that they were SMART before....but so grown. I remember when....

[Lisa Dorsey]

You have so much to be proud of. Love the before and after photo along with that fabulous layout!

[Gail]

Linda - I don't know if you remember me, we used to be on a board for moms with kids born in 1997. I think it's where you met Katherine Brooks. My name is Gail, my son is Jacob. I need some help/a favor and thought you might be able to help. I promise it's nothing creepy :) If you see this, please e-mail me at the address below.
Thanks so much!!
Gail