E’s
preschool hosted an end-of-year assembly.
The nine preschoolers lined up across the front of the room, each under
some of their artwork taped to the wall.
The show was adorable! Their
amazing teacher took us through the program telling us something special about
each month and the kids sang a song for each month. We started with the Pledge of Allegiance and
national anthem and then E got to point to the month chart to show us her
birthday month. They sang fun silly
songs like “days of the week” and “five little monkeys”. They talked about their fall field trip to
HeeHaw Farms and their spring field trip to Day’s Market. The kids donned sunglasses to sing “Mr. Sun”
but E was insisting she had the wrong sunglasses and refused to sing (that kid
can be SO stubborn). Fortunately she got
over it and joined again in the next song.
They sang their cute holiday songs and I tried to video them for Daddy
to see later. E’s favorites seemed to be
the counting fishes song, the tiny turtle song and bringing home my baby
bumblebee. Their teacher highlighted
each student and for E, she remarked how E is the oldest in the class and a
natural leader and helper. She loved
being special leader and doing extra jobs for teacher. After the program the kids got to have snacks
and take pictures with their teacher and bring home all their fun projects.
A
had a graduation ceremony to celebrate her completion of kindergarten. The students entered in graduation caps and
filled the stage. They principal did an
initial intro and then the kids took over, some of them participating with one
sentence speaking parts. A was chosen
for a part in Spanish and was one of the first speakers, welcoming everyone to
graduation. They sang songs about vowels
and things they’ve learned and sang several upbeat songs in Spanish. I loved watching A dance to the music, like
she just couldn’t help herself. They
wore sunglasses for one of their songs and did sign language to another. The students’ names were read aloud as they
crossed the stage to receive a certificate.
Then it was A’s favorite part, they rewrote the word to “eye of the
tiger” and sang “eye of an eagle, you’re gonna see me soar” and then danced
their way out to “summertime”. After the
ceremony she smothered me with hugs and we took pictures with her teachers and
got her treats.
L’s
dance team had an end-of-year ice cream social and awards. All the girls were cute and full of energy. As everyone lounged around chatting and
eating, I remembered to look up the audition results for next year’s team. I was really surprised to see that she had
advanced another level. I assumed that
she would stay on the Starlights team for two years. But turns out she has moved up to Pack
already. She was thrilled and eagerly
poured over the list, cheering with friends.
It’s a slightly bigger commitment but she’s excited. Their coaches gave out awards personalized
for each girl. L was given the “piano
princess award”. Apparently she spends
all her break time or few minutes before class playing the piano.
A
and L had Field Day of school. Their
favorites included the sponge race and getting sprayed by the firetruck.
L
played in her spring piano recital. She
played a variation of Family Dreams and a variation of Amazing Grace. She played them both beautifully.
And
finally on the last day, our next door neighbor had a backyard splash party to
celebrate summer. The girls dashed
around with friends, jumped in and out of the pool, hurled themselves down the
slip n slide, devoured pizza and ice cream sandwiches, earned their first
summer sunburn (despite wearing sunscreen) and had a fantastic time. Meanwhile, I hung out chatting with adults
while Z slept through the whole thing.
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