Forever Friends, Forever You and Me

These little kindergartners were the cutest ever! For their end of the year concert, they had a Disney theme. They sang Be Our Guest, Mickey Mouseclub, Zippa-dee-doo-dah, Under the Sea, and then ended with a cute song called Forever Friends.

Isaac had such a great kindergarten year, and it was so fun to see the kindergartners looking so cute and proud on their big day.

I picked him up in his class afterwards, and snapped a picture with a few friends--Landon, Jack, Isaac, and Lucas.

Sareny had her concert that same evening. They played a medley on their recorders and then sang a couple of songs, including Let's go fly a kite.

 She looked so pretty and grown up. She is on the front row, the third from the right.

Lexi, Scott, and Elise came to support them, and we had a lot of fun watching them. I'm always a little bit jealous of the people who's grandparents get to come and watch their special things--that would be so fun, but it's been really nice to have some more family around now.

school concert

The kids had a school concert in December, and it was so cute! The kindergartners were all dressed up in reindeer attire that they made themselves.

Isaac's favorite song they did was "We will Jingle," sang to "We will rock you." It was a little strange, but cute, and they shook jingle bells when they said jingle.

My favorite songs were "Mittens and Gloves" (keeps we warm like a nice bear hug, ROAR!) and "Do you know Blitzen?" Apparently, he's a boogey-woogey reindeer, and the kids did some pretty sweet boogying down.

The cute reindeer antlers made for some awkward photos.

After the concert, he blew us a kiss!

Then I went to his classroom to pick him up. Here he is with his friend Matteo.

Then he showed me a project he had been working on.

And a shot that shows his reindeer.

Then we went to Sareny's classroom, where they were waiting to go on.

I love the hugs Isaac gave Sareny--so cute!

Seriously, don't you love it?!

Cute siblings.

And a couple photos of Sareny by herself in her Christmas finery.

She looked so pretty!

I was glad that she got to be in the front row--Isaac had been in the back and it was difficult to see him.

They didn't seem to have the kids arranged by size much, and one mom was getting really irritated that her daughter was standing behind the tallish girls to Sareny's right. She was seriously going up and telling her daughter to switch places with them! Right when the concert was about to start! (Her daughter wisely ignored her.) Then she accosted the teacher who was helping the kids get in place to immediately complain about it. I seriously couldn't believe her, but it gave me something to chuckle about.

A smile during the concert. Sareny's class played several numbers on the recorder.

A quick shot right after the concert ended. Sareny is standing by her friends Aurora and Amelie, and right behind Sareny is the girl who's mom was getting all riled up. And she seem perfectly visible to me. (Although it is a little weird that the girl in red on the end, in particular, is located on the front row. But sometimes, you just have to let things go!)

Christmas Festivities

In preparation for Christmas, Sareny had a school holiday concert. She got all dressed up and looked beautiful. She was a little sad and mad when the girl standing right next to her ended up wearing the same dress, but it wasn't too noticable. Probably the only people who noticed were us and that girl's parents.

I always love school concerts. The kids have been practicing for weeks and are always so excited.

A couple of days later, we headed to our local school that was hosting a breakfast with Santa event. The kids all took a turn sitting on Santa's lap and telling him what they wanted. I believe Finley told him she wanted a dolly and a necklace.

I'm sure everyone would be shocked that Isaac told Santa he wanted a wii game.

Sareny told Santa she wanted an ipod touch, and he told her lots of children were asking for those this year.

Then it was time for a group photo. At the last minute, Sareny remembered she was deathly afraid of Santa and started to cry. I think she was actually sneezing, but it looks pretty silly.

We reassured her that it would be okay, and she settled right down for a nice picture. :)

New Kids on the Block

Okay, so today during my drive to Scottsdale for my bi-weekly hospital visit, Radio Disney played a new song by an old group. It was called SummerTime by NKOTB! I had heard they were touring and coming out with a couple of new songs, which I thought was exciting news. :)

Now back in the day, I was a pretty huge New Kids fan, I have to admit. I was one of those girls who had their posters plastered all over my bedroom wall, and I screamed and squealed with excitement the first time I watched their Hangin' Tough movie. I spent my allowance money buying Bop, Wow, and Tiger Beat magazines to cut out their pictures, and I am certain that if I had ever made it to one of their concerts, I would have burst into tears.

Truly, I think the fact that I never got to see them live in concert is one of the travesties of my life--a thing which I have hoped to correct by seeing them on their 2008 concert tour. They will be at the Glendale arena on Monday October 13th! Sadly, Keith is not that interested in attending with me. Are you?? We could have an awesome girl's night out!! So if you're a closet New Kids fan, let me know!

I thought I would post a couple photos of myself during my New Kids phase, but my seventh grade year seems to have gone largely undocumented. Unfortunately, I am not savvy enough to post the pictures I did find, but rest assured that my hair was big and pretty silly looking.