Papa's Graduation

Papa Paul, Andrew's dad, has been on the board of trustees at Nyack College for more than 30 years.  Because of this and many other accomplishments, Nyack College chose to honor him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws on May 8th.    

So, we headed up to New York to watch Papa graduate. We stayed at The Tarrytown House.  It was beautiful.  We began the day with a wonderful brunch to honor the honorees.  

His biography even included Madeline and Oliver.

The two other honorees, the president of Nyack College and Papa. 

Papa's proud family!

After brunch, we headed to Nyack's graduation ceremony.  If you start from the guy in purple, Papa is the 2nd to his left with the big smile on his face.  :)

The graduates got to walk in to a bagpipe band.

Madeline cheering and waving to Papa on stage.  

Oliver cheering (in his own way) too.

Papa getting hooded.  (I guess that is what you call it.  Although it sounds like he got relocated to a bad part of town.)

After the graduation, we went back to Tarrytown, which is quite the quaint little town, for high tea.  We played outside for a little while before it started.  

Well, Oliver didn't play.  He caught up on a little sleep.

Madeline is getting pretty good at these tea parties.  She was excited that she got to go to a real life tea party.  She actually got strawberry lemonade and ate pizza instead of sandwiches and scones.  But, she had a good time.   

Congratulations to Papa Paul!  We are so proud of you!