Christopher's Graduation

My baby graduated from high school on Saturday June 3rd.

Early in the morning, I got my hair blown out and curled by my hairdresser. I took a selfie. 

We had some last minute scrambling. The dress pants C intended to wear were too short and the next candidate needed ironing. I did that at the last minute, even though I told him to get his clothes ready the night before. C forgot his tassel (for the cap) at home. I'm thankful that A could drive home to get it. 

We had to get there early (11 am) to line up for seating. A's graduation had assigned seating but that was a much smaller class size and it was still during Covid protocols so there weren't tons of people crammed into the sanctuary. J stood in line. Once the line started to move, we realized that the tickets we needed were with C and not with J. Luckily, a mom of one of C's friends had an extra ticket to give him. I was parking my car at the time. We got some good seats in the center section. Not super near the front but that was fine. Here we are waiting for the show to start.

I was surprised that C and B were the first to walk down the aisle. C's friend Brenden was the valedictorian and Eli was the salutatorian. B and E got to choose a friend to walk with and B chose C.

The speeches by B and E were excellent. I am proud to know these young men. One of C's friends was wearing bread shoes. Actual loaves of bread as shoes!

The graduates:

Here is the cap toss.

Afterward I tried to get as many photos as possible. There wasn't a designated photo location unlike in 2021. C was hard to nail down since he wanted to see all his friends. 

Here's an explanation of what's around C's neck. The yellow cord is for a high GPA, the blue and gold ribbon leis were for student leadership, the medal for STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) honours.  The orchid lei was bought by a friend's mom. She ordered and bought about 20 or 30 for other kids and I paid her back. The weather was perfect. This is me with the valedictorian's mom. 

We know them from soccer. C carpooled with her son B for many months this past year. Some more outdoor photos.

C and I went home to change and get ready for the big party. 

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