last day of 1st grade

today was hayden's very last day of first grade. next year he will be moving on to 2nd grade and a brand new building.
as much as i complain about redford, we have been pretty happy with his kindergarten and first grade experience over at mcgowan. his teachers have always recognized that hayden is very smart and they have challenged him to keep him interested.
by the end of his first grade year, he is at about the end of 2nd grade or beginning of 3rd grade level in math and reading. he is still in speech, but that has also improved greatly this year.
so far, he seems to still love school...hopefully that will continue for awhile! he really had quite a good year. i was pretty scared after kindergarten and him having some difficult behavioral days. i figured if he couldn't get through a half day, how would he ever make it through a whole day?! well, he ended up with only a handful of "red lights" and his teachers all LOVE him. his speech teacher is always telling me how great he is. hopefully he won't drive his second grade teacher nuts!!
here are a few pictures of hayden on his last day of first grade. great job, hayden!!! we're so proud of you!!