It was Sunday, the day of Baccalaureate and of our party. So flowers and balloons of various shapes and sizes were gathered

before I went to process where I ran into Emmet Gowin Mark Burstein and Brady Walkinshaw Lianne Sullivan-Crowley Liz Wood marching for the first time and Rene Carmona and Bob Tarjan, parents of graduates.

When it was over, we found Jane and took the obligatory family photos

before Jane posed with Ben Laguna and then with Claire-Marine Sarnier as Doug Clark recounted the speed with which students were seated which would be relevant a few days later.

Back at home, the caterers had arrived and Ed and Sarah Dan Jane and Ben were ready to enjoy the table settings and after a break to admire the foods

with a break to decorate the animals in our menagerie before the food was observed again and Alex Dahlen arrived with balloons and Dr Len and Judy followed before Kathryn arrived with her family followed by Charlotte Pougnier and her parents and the Semmelhacks and Emily and her parents after which Jane posed with Brother Jeff before I captured Halcyon and her parents Clayton Marsh Wellington and Nate Plough. Otilla Pupezeanu with her parents George posed with his grandfather and I posed with the Pupezeanu family before Jane posed with Karina Silvester and I took a picture of Amanda's parents and Morgan's family even as Kaylen and Emma Hare posed. I then saw Genia Dubrovsky with his parents and Catherine Marchetta alone and with her parents before being summoned to get photos of the desserts beginning with the fruit plate and the brownies and lemon squares and then the graduation cake in all of its glory followed by the cupcakes and a break to get Allison Tracy before Jane and Amanda showed the cake Jane posed with Tess and Zach and Dave Holtz! posed as a pair and then with families. This was the food that Dr Len was eating at a table with Meredith Bock's family from California Dansyl Seva and Peter before I Went off to greet Molly Slotznick and her father with whom I had an unknown link back to Taylor Allderdice High School. Zach Balin was there with his family as the Fishers and Slotznicks posed and Michael Bachand posed with his father as did the Alev family and the Tracy family and Becky Marriott and her father before we adjourned inside and away from the mosquitoes to see all the little sisters of Alex Satty arrayed on the couch playing Maze Cube on their iPods.