kindergarten concert

Last night marked another milestone for Dylan and more proof that they grow up way too fast. The kindergarten classes at Dylan's school performed a concert. They sang songs welcoming the incoming kindergarteners, and at the end, the Principal promoted them to first grade. It was just adorable, as they sang their little hearts out with gusto to a jam packed auditorium filled with proud teary parents, grandparents, siblings and friends.

Hopefully our video footage came out much better than these pictures I got. Its abundantly clear from these the time has come to shop for a new digital camera, as were were only about two rows back and they still came out pretty poorly. My little flash just couldn't handle the job. I'll try to figure out how to upload some video clips this weekend (or shall I say, Andrew will probably head that one up). Meanwhile, here are a couple of stills from the evenings events. I wish we had taken a family shot since Grandma and Grandpa drove out for the occasion too.

Dylan and his buddy Matthew before the show:

I'm ready for the show!

Dylan is to the far left, 2nd row up.



Second row from the top, far left.

We're so proud of you, buddy!

Big School, Little School

There's always so much going on with school, I thought I'd do a post just about the latest academic happenings around here.

First, Dylan got his Third Quarter report card today and I'm so proud of him. He's doing so well, and his teacher even commented that his fine motor skills have come so far this year. They are currently learning about seeds and growing, and its been fun seeing all projects he brings home. The one area he still struggles with is completing his work on time, its an on-going area we work on. I'm working on some things for Staff Appreciation Week at his school in a couple of weeks, and they're holding a Grandparents Day in May where the kids will perform some songs and then they all get to eat snack together. Grandma Lynn is very excited to attend. The kindergarten classes are putting on a concert later in May to welcome the incoming kindergarteners. We attended last year, and it was very sweet and well done. Also later in May, he'll be taking a field trip to see the play If You Give A Pig A Pancake. Either Andrew or I will chaperone, so that should be a lot of fun and I'm sure whoever goes will need several Motrin by the end of that bus ride.

I've been at Dylan's school a lot lately because Logan recently started his new speech therapy sessions there. He has a new speech therapy teacher, and he took to her right away. He goes twice a week for 30 minutes. While he's in class, I've been walking the track trying to get some exercise. So far its all going really well, and his language, coincidentally, is really exploding again right now. We're getting lots of full sentences and new words. Of course, all this new language also means I'm hearing a lot of "No Mom, I won't!" and "Give it back, that's mine!". We'll take the good with the bad I suppose.