In the research and anticipation of this week, I have come to understand that the High School Graduation and the celebrations surrounding it looks very different in different countries and cultures.
I wanted to do a bit of a private celebration, like in Sweden, and prepared for a party at our house the day before the actual Graduation (which was at 5pm in the afternoon, so we had plenty of time to sleep in and recover!). I admit, I did go slightly overboard with all the decorations...
There was balloons, signs, flags, confetti and much more everywhere!
I was most proud of the two timelines I had printed out, one with all the school photos and one with all the "First day of school"-photos each year. It really shows how fast time flies!
I had made it easy and ordered in some catering and we invited our guests for bubbles and nibbles!
Lucas didn't quite understand the guest list, so had to explain that it is a BIG thing for parents too, having their first child finish off school! That it's normally celebrated with family and friends around. Here we don't have any family, but we invited the people that care about Lucas - that we thought would like to come and celebrate him.
Some we have known longer than others, so glad to see the Dehlis from Dubai (and Brunei) represented by Anne and Ida. They are as close to family to us, as it gets here. We also go way back with Peta and Browny, they too have known Lucas since he was a young boy in Brunei.
The Jacobssons and the Nordins came as well - dressed to the nines!
My friend Kathleen, and the Hammarbäcks:
Holger, Karin and Leni, our old neighbours, came as well; but unfortunately the McGeehees, our other old neighbours had to miss out due to having caught Covid. Boo.
We had also ordered a cake, with chocolate fudge and salted caramel - super yummy! It was massive, about 4 kgs, so it will last us a while..!
Nathan tried to do a quick little speech, but it all got too emotional for all of us...
... so it turned into a big group hugging session instead:
Valle and Lucas:
We soon abandoned the bubbles for some margaritas, and then we stopped taking photos..!
Lucas got some lovely and thoughtful gifts. Quite a bit of cash, which of course will be useful; but also a cook book and some tea towels, some waterproof packing bags, a beautiful diary and a pen, a cocktail mixing set and a recipe book for cocktails, a gift card for Virgin and finally a big set of silver cutlery from Mormor and Morfar.
We haven't quite decided on our own gift yet, I presume there will be a bit to set him up with in case he will move into his own apartment in the fall. We will wait and see what's needed.
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