The Last Day of School- June 12th

For the last day of school, the kids had a short day, where they went outside and played field games. There were several stations setup including Frisbee golf, parachute games, a giant slingshot, field hockey, tug of war, and a sponge relay race.

Unfortunately, by the time Peter and I showed up to help, the first graders were already finished! But we stayed to help with the upper-classmen, the 3rd-5th grades. It was a perfect day, and although I have no photos of Zoe doing these games, I did take lots of photos for the school.

Here is the photo album!

June 9th Community School Concert

Slowly but surely, I'm getting caught up! This spring, Cassie and Zoe finished up their year's after school music classes in Guitar and Choir. Both of them performed wonderfully, and were proud to be there.

Cassie's beginning guitar class was up first. They have learned several chords, and were amazingly together, for a large group of 20+ kids! This concert prepared them for playing songs around the campfire, with the hope that maybe over the summer they would play a bit. Cassie is in the back row, and was behind some music stands and the director. Too bad everyone can't always be in the front row all the time!

Zoe's choir sang several songs to recorded background music. This really helped them stay together and in tune. The last day of school, we got a CD! So if you're interested in hearing it, we'll try to upload some of the songs. I haven't linked in audio files before so it may take a few tries. Go kids!!!

Zoe's 1st Grade Music Concert

(Ok, so this happened AFTER Zoe's birthday, but I got my photos ready out of sequence.)

All the first graders at Joan Austin had their music program together. They sang songs, recited poems, danced, and introduced each song. Each child got a chance to do something in the front of the stage, from announcing the songs, performing a small dance, or accompanying the singers with percussion instruments.

Zoe started out the evening with, "Welcome to our program this evening." She was nervous about being first, but she did great! I, however, was not fast enough with the camera and only got a photo of her walking away!

Check out the other photos here! Peter took two videos with his cell phone. But as you might guess, the video is tiny! So listen to them for the audio, not the picture quality. I couldn't figure out how to size them correctly for Picassa. That will be a project for another day.

Check back soon for Zoe's Birthday photos!