Now I See

Check out this poem, if you're a parent, you can relate. http://workofark.blogspot.com/2010/05/now-i-see.html

Kamri's turn...

For our third event, Kamri had her end-of-year song performance for pre-school today. There are about 10 kids in her class and a few of them have special needs.  Take that into account along with the fact that these kids are barely three and it makes for an interesting program.  Most were too shy to actually sing.  Kamri was singing but it was almost as if she were just mouthing the words along with the actions.  But it was fun and cute to watch her. 

They gave each of them a certificate along with a graduation cap.  So cute!!

To say the least, it was quite interesting to get all the kids together for a picture.  

 

Kamri had so much fun the last couple months she went.  She is so excited for next year.

Sara's piano recital...

We had another performance last Friday.  This time it was Sara's turn.  She had an "end-of'-year" recital.  She played Op. 27, No. 11 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (if that means anything to you - it doesn't to me).  She did AWESOME!  She had it all memorized.  She also said she made a mistake and missed a note but Ben and I both couldn't tell.  She has come a long way in the last year or so.  She was always way too scared to do any type of performance in front of people that weren't her family.  She wouldn't even play for my mom and dad. 

That's why it was so nice when her piano teacher came up to me after the recital and talked about the confidence she has.  There was while back when I thought the words confidence and Sara would never be used in the same sentence. She (and I) never gave up. We've worked hard to get her to that point and it feels great.  Way to go Sara!  We enjoyed hearing you play.

Evan's kindergarten program

We have been enjoying the chance to attend all the end-of-year performances our kids have had. About a week and a half ago we got to see Evan and the rest of kindergarten perform the songs they've been learning all year.  He's been singing them around the house for a while and teaching Sara and Kamri the words.  But it was really fun to actually get to see and hear him with the rest of his class.  He was having so much fun and I could tell he was so proud of everything going on.

 

He and two others in his class had a speaking part to start he performance.  He was seriously SO cute.  He gets nervous to do things in front of people, but he LOVES performing and cracks me up at home.

Girls' Night Out..

Last weekend the girls got together for a night with NO KIDS!  We had dinner at my sister's, talked, went bowling, and talked some more.  It's always fun to get out without the kids.

They're out...

A couple weeks ago, Ben and I took Evan's stitches out. It was a lot harder to do than I thought it was going to be. If we had had a decent pair of small scissors it would have been great. Evan was a little scared to have us do it. He kept saying he wanted a doctor to do it. But, we finally got them out and it looks really good. Nothing but a red line on his chin.

Twist on words...

I have not felt like blogging lately.  Have you noticed?  Of all the things on my "To Do" list this one seems to be at the bottom.  Plus I haven't had much to blog about.  But, I have neglected it far too long so I decided to do just a quick post tonight (there are still things on my list that trump blogging).

This is something that makes me smile:

Kamri is at the age where she can go "potty" by herself, but still needs help wiping when she is finished. Ever since she was potty trained she yells, "I'm done!" when she needs us to come in.  For the past week we have been calling her "DONE" when we go in, saying "Hi, Done" or "I"m coming, Done".  To which she would reply, "I'm Kamri.  I'm supposed to say 'I'm done'".  So, for the last two days, instead of saying "I"m done!" she yells "I'm Kamri!"    It took me once or twice to realize what she was doing.  I was just so use to going in and not thinking about it.   I still laugh every time. Clever girl!!