Check it out: Noa walked to her seat in her pre-school graduation today! Seriously, that in and of itself is remarkable and something that - on November 17, 2006, when Noa started at JGB - I never would have predicted. When we started at JGB Noa was 18 mos old and couldn't sit up by herself yet and I think she had two signs: finished and swing. PLUS she managed to wear that blue sash for the whole ceremony!
15 kids graduated in Noa's class, and as wonderful as the morning was everyone was pretty broken up by the fact that this would be the last graduation for the pre-school which is shuttering for good next week. Interestingly, ABC usually covers the graduation as a feel-good story but they weren't there this year. Can't help but be annoyed that they didn't show up when the kids really needed them to get the word out for them. They just liked it as a feel good story.
ANYWAY - I was very honored to be one of two parents to speak on behalf of the parents, though because it was all so emotional it was also difficult.
Noa made her presense know throughout by screaming her brains out whenever the clapping and/or singing stopped. But other than that she did great - they all did great! It was pretty remarkable that they could get any 15 toddlers to hold still that long!
Thanks to great uncle Vani for the dress Noa is wearing - he brought if for her from Hawaii a few months ago and it was the perfect graduation gown. After the ceremony there was food and jumping around and balloon popping and all vareity of great kid things.
The JGB has been a huge part of Noa's journey. We're really going to miss it and and all the people there so much. While I can be glad that Noa got through the program all the way until graduation, I can't help but think about the kids who now have to find other programs at 
this late date.
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