Pomp and Circumstance

It's the end of the school year, so our calendar has been chock full of programs and events to signal the end of another successful year/session/grade. First, the girls sang in the Missions Program at church on Wednesday night. They'd been learning about children all over the world, sang "Jesus Loves Me" in Spanish, and talked about various country flags. Next came Molly's Bridgin Ceremony for girl scouts. She earned the rainbow patch and is proudly proceeding to Brownies next year. Four days later, it was time for Rebecca's preschool program. She had been diligently practicing for weeks and I have to say, it was just adorable. She was right out in front, sang and danced on cue. It's pretty much the same circle time they do each morning, so the wonderful aspect of it was that they just sang like we weren't there, so they didn't seem nervous. Afterward, the obligatory face painting awaited, along with cake and a balloon-shaping clown. Three days after that was Molly's Kindergarten graduation. She had a few lines she had been assigned to say with a classmate ("She's really quiet, Mom, so since I am a loud-mouth, the teacher said I should say it with her."). There were lots of songs, and a few more lines I didn't know she had. I asked her about this, and she said, "Well, I just had to read those off the back of the card, so I didn't need to bring them home to practice." Duh! She can read! Now we head into summer activities--t-ball, tumbling, swimming lessons, Zoo Camp, July summer camp, theater week and fairy ballet week. Pictures coming soon!