End of First Grade

Ricky finished first grade last week.

His report card was full of almost all of the highest marks they give.  He was rewarded for being one of the top readers in first grade.  He came home telling Billy how he can’t wait for him to be in first grade so that he can have Mrs. Child because she is the BEST teacher.

I thought he might be a little sad about the end of the year, but he wasn’t.  It helped that they already got their class assignments for the fall and a couple of his closest friends will be in his second grade class (including Audrey … the girl with a crush on him – woo hoo).

Ricky really had a good experience this last year…

But when did he grow up?  Just nine months ago he looked like this …

And just 21 months ago, he looked like this …

Seriously?  When did he grow up?