The next day, we came down and the kitchen counter
showed some signs of the night before as the singing group (who had
slept over) assembled slowly for breakfast
and we admired the game
that had come in the cereal as Ben
was ready to go and Jane
was not but no one was going to eat the left over Hoagie
even if all of the strawberries
were gone. Suzanne
wished us well for the last trip to the bus stop where Emily Shea
was taking pictures like this one
but Ben was not participating.
After admiring the statues Sarah bought in Greece
we headed to school where Dr. Ginsburg was talking to the PTO mothers
and captured a picture of the principal
and then of Harry Cummins
who was at his last day (at least, for a while) of Princeton schools.
Once in the gym, we saw the Resniks
as Kathy Klockenbrink
arrived and I took this self portrait
before capturing the Gelfand parents
and Aunt Peggy
who is always there. Tony Klockenbrink
arrived and so I took a picture of the bus stop parents
and siblings
and of those still sitting
as Tony
undoubtedly did the same. As the students climbed the risers,
the Schures
were amused by James' kilt even as we took a few more pictures of the
whole class
until our view was blocked
and it was time for someone ( thanks to Sarah for volunteering ) to
get in position to see those with memories of second grade to assemble
and take their turns
until it was Ben's
and then Stephanie Klockenbrink's
and then they finished
and went through the process of marching through the teachers and new principal
before the ceremony was over. I took the obligatory picture of the Blounts
and then the Straus family
who gained a new member
before going back to their usual size
Audrey having forgotten their camera. After the family pictures
Ben and Jeremy posed
and then Ben showed us the planting
he had done around the school. On the way to the car, I ran into Ed Percarpio
getting into his and Tony
waiting for ours as I bid farewell to JP.
Once home, I headed to the airport for a flight to Monterey so I
could attend the Princeton conference on invention and innovation. After
dinner that night, I captured Nathan Myhrvold
David Botstein
and Jody Friedman
before heading off to my room
and noting the massive size of the bathroom
before going to sleep.