Speedy Cheetah's Graduation Day

Today our Speedy Cheetah graduated! We are so proud of her! She truly is an amazing child and all her teachers tell us so! The graduation was held at the nearby middle school. (Nearby to her school.) It was indoors and all the students had to wear the same shirt and black bottoms. We went out and bought her new shoes for the occasion. (LOL some sneakers because they had to walk there.) The above picture is of her and her principal. It so happens that her principal and I have a lot of mutual friends so she knows us pretty well. I'm so glad that she posed for this picture for us because the lighting was terrible in the auditorium and Squiggler fell asleep on my lap so I didn't get any good shots.

Here she is with some of her friends. The young lady with the red hair will be attending the same program with Speedy next year. I'm so happy she will have some familar faces next year. Speedy even had a part in the ceremony to introduce someone. She was in student council and that is how she got picked. They sang Fifty Nifty States and a really good song by Rascall Flats. (I have to get the name and lyrics.) The principal also read a great poem that I had heard before, but now I need to get a copy of that too!) I'm going to include them in her book and post them here on the blog too.

These two girls have been her friends since she went to Sunland. They are also girl scouts and hang out often together. They are like the 3 muskateers! The shorter of the two girls has a wonderful family that has often helped us out when we had issues with getting Speedy to school. They are the nicest people and we will miss them next year because their daughter is going to a different middle school. I hope that Speedy and her keep in touch through girl scouts.

Here is a family pix that my mom took. We had to wake Squiggler up when it was over. She still looks tired. Afterwards we went to eat lunch at Soup Plantation which is Speedy's favorite restaurant. My hubby and I both took the whole day off since the graduation was at 10 am.

Here she is with her wonderful teacher. We really were so glad that Speedy had her as a teacher!Speedy is such a special girl and we are so proud of her! She is incredibly smart and we are so honored to be her parents. Everyone that meets her always comments on how sweet she is. I call her our Bubbly girl. She has a heart of gold and remembers everything. She loves to read and find out things. I think her favorite subject is History. (Hopefully next week I will remember to interview her on what she liked best about Elementary school.) I can't wait to hear her answers! We love you Speedy!