"May 3, 2002: Spent the whole day at Randolph School. Mary took me. They had Elder Day and Parade of Books. A wonderful day.
May 4, 2002: Called Jean today for her birthday. Played lazy -- yesterday was a "big" day.
May 5, 2002: Nancy brought fried chicken for dinner. I showered while she ironed three dresses for me. Then we played Rummikub."
How ironic that Grandma would mention Randolph School. As of today, I no longer have a child in the Lincoln Public School system. Anna finished her last final this morning. I do not know about her, but I am feeling a bit weird about the situation. I guess now I can recycle my flyer about how to contact the attendance office that I wrote the kids' student identification numbers on. Like I said, weird.
I do not know if they still do the Parade of Books at Randolph Elementary. I thought it was fun. The kids carried a favorite book along a somewhat short neighborhood/school route and we 'elders' were along the route and clapped and oooed and ahhhhed like a real parade. The kids were encouraged to dress up like a character or in some way illustrate the book. Unfortunately, most kids did not -- either their parents were not supportive of the project, or more likely, the kids forgot to tell them until too late. I know I was good at that, as were my children. And not just with book parades.
Here's a photo of Dale (Master's Degree) and me (B.S. degree) at our co-graduation. It is somewhat related to today's post. Kinda.
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