Now that all five of the children have had one form of a graduation or another, I updated the photo gallery on the wall going up our stairs to reflect their achievements. Here’s a look at the pictures I chose:
Turkey’s college graduation was almost two weeks ago…today we decided to run it back!
When he graduated, we knew he had earned Latin Honors (summa cum laude, if you’re keeping track), but because he was a transfer student to UMSL his junior year, they had to wait for each of his classes to be finalized so he had the proper credit hours as a Triton to make the Latin Honors official. I won’t even start on how ridiculous it is that they don’t either require the professors to have those grades in prior to graduation, or simply delay graduation until they know which of their transfer students (a large percentage of the graduating class) have earned them, thereby depriving all of them the experience of having those honors read at graduation in front of everyone. OK, I started a little bit, and it is ridiculous…Bunny didn’t run into this problem when she received her honors as a transfer student to WKU at graduation last year. But he will have summa cum laude on his diploma, and today we drove out to UMSL to pick up his honors tassel in the school colors of red and gold (and took a few more pictures with it).
We did a replay of his graduation dinner of Ronto Wraps and the “High Republic Cordial,” from the new Star Wars: Galactic Drinks cookbook:
But I made a different dessert this time…since we’ve been in Chicago recently, I made a Portillo’s cake!
I’m still really frustrated for him (and the other graduating transfer students), that he wasn’t recognized the way he should have been at the ceremony, but as least he knows he earned the honors!
At Art on the Square and Turkey’s college graduation over the weekend!
It’s graduation day! Turkey received his Bachelor of Science in mathematics, which is just amazing to me…he knows and loves math so well!
Very early this morning, we all headed to UMSL for the graduation ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences.
The rain held off long enough afterward for us to get some pictures:
And the traditional parents and graduate photo at home, of course!
Turkey picked Star Wars Ronto Wraps for his celebratory dinner:
And we toasted him with the “High Republic Cordial,” a sweet and spicy drink from the new Star Wars: Galactic Drinks cookbook:
For dessert, we had Biscoff cookie butter pie:
I’m so proud of all of Turkey’s accomplishments, and it was my joy and privilege to celebrate him today!
It’s graduation week at UMSL! Turkey will be receiving his Bachelor’s Degree in mathematics this weekend, so my mani reflects the Triton’s colors of red and gold, using Holo Taco “Sacrificial Lacquer” and “Lemon Sucker.”
It’s become something of a tradition for me to post a gallery of the first days of school from kindergarten through 8th grade on the last day of each child’s 8th grade year. So, for the last time, here’s a look back at Chickadee from K to 8:
And a bonus picture of her today on her last day of 8th grade:
On to high school!
It’s Graduation Day!
Ladybug has successfully completed high school…and the entirety of K-12 in my little homeschool!
We had a nice little celebration, including photos and “Pomp and Circumstance.”
For fun, we built our last-day-of-school Lego sets…three of the seasons available in the Botanical collection…they’re absolutely beautiful, and used interesting building techniques and pieces!
For her graduation dinner, Ladybug chose some of her favorite recipes from The Ultimate Final Fantasy XIV Online Cookbook…Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, Pixieberry Tea, and Princess Pudding:
Not that I really thought it would, but it doesn’t get easier to say goodbye to students from my classroom at home…I’m going to miss seeing Ladybug at her desk every morning!
We had a great time at all of the activities for Bunny’s college graduation last week!
Last week Bunny graduated from college, this week Ladybug is graduating from high school! In honor of the event, I did a mani in our school colors of silver, red, and purple. I used Holo Taco “Circuit Breaker,” the foil “Favourite Sister,” and “Cool Cat Mom,” with an extra dash of sparkle on two nails thanks to “Silver Flake Taco” and “Red Flake Taco.”
We have had a very exciting few days, because Bunny graduated from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor’s Degree in history!
The actual commencement was on Thursday night, and began with the “Topper Walk,” the students’ final walk across campus as undergraduates:
The ceremony was held on the football field, and we got really lucky with the weather…even though there had been storms around the area all day, all we ran into was a few sprinkles, and it wasn’t even hot!
I was impressed with how organized and efficient the whole process was, and I definitely shed a few tears along the way!
Following the ceremony, we stopped by the “Big Red Bash” on the South Lawn…the highlight of the event was seeing the host himself!
On the way out, we saw Cherry Hall aglow in WKU’s signature red:
We were back on campus yesterday morning for the recognition ceremony for Bunny’s college…the Potter College of Arts and Letters. This is the event where each graduate’s name is read, and they receive their (fake) diploma.
Bunny received a special honor, which was worn in the form of a medal..the Top Scholar of the College!
This was another very organized event…they clearly know what they’re doing!
After we located Bunny, we took lots and lots of pictures, staring with the traditional grad and parents photo:
And then we walked around campus, taking pictures in all of Bunny’s favorite locations, plus a few I wanted to add to the list:
Bunny loves WKU!
One last stop outside the Alumni Center, which is now Bunny’s center, too!
