Yesterday's lunch with Lori ended up being at the new JCW's near Thanksgiving Point. My dad had called to invite me to lunch while I was driving to meet Lori, so he got to join us...lucky him.
This is our squinty self-portrait, but there was no shade to be found. I must say, my head is not actually twice the size of Lori's, but the camera holder always gets hosed on the perspective dang it. I need all the help I can get, I should have had her take the picture!This morning was the Elementary School's dance festival. Randy and I met my mom at the school to watch the kids perform. It was so fun. These type of things make me strangely emotional (whether it's my kids or not). I'm not sure what it is, but it seems to be a combination of the music, the excitement of all the kids performing, the amateur nature of it, the memories they're making, and the fun of childhood...I don't know but my eyes were wet the whole time (Kristi would be so proud).
The first grade danced to have funky version of Old Macdonald had a farm. Whitney was right up front and had her moves down, but didn't crack a smile once.Some of Whitney's moves, with a bit of bad camera work by me.
The 4th grade did two dances as well. (Landon is the 5th boy back in this line.) I was super impressed. I think they had the most complicated dance and were really well prepared. Landon didn't crack a smile either, but he was pretty into it and had fun.
My memory card ran out 13 seconds into this, but this was the best dance! Thankfully my mom has the whole thing on video, so Landon will get to watch it some day.
After the whole school performed they invited family members to come out and join the kids in dancing The Macarena. The parking lot filled up with tons of people dancing. It was quite infectious really.
My mom went out to dance with the kids, though Landon got embarrassed and walked away when they started playing YMCA.
I forgot to take a picture of my mom with the kids dang it. I guess I was caught up in the commotion of everything.I did remember to take a self-portrait of the 3 of us after things had calmed down and everyone was going home.**Do you get emotional at stuff like this?
Did you do stuff like this as a kid?
Do you ever wish you could do this now?**
Did you do stuff like this as a kid?
Do you ever wish you could do this now?**
19 comments:
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i love the photos with your parents in them.
and do i get emotional - oh ya!
Love it!
I never laugh out loud reading blogs but the serious whitney was too cute & the dance... very funny.
I love school programs, so much fun. I think it is so funny that landon walked away during ymca- my kids would totally do that!
Ya I get emotional- this time in their lives just goes so fast.
Teachers who put in the time for all this- they are the best!
Oh, yes...these rites of passage get me misty-eyed. I got all choked up a few nights ago because I realized my kids are all suddenly BIG. Sniff.
We had our dance festival today too! Funny.
I always get emotional too. Landon's dance is impressive. Your kids have to have the cutest grandma at school.
How nice that your dad met you for lunch....
Kinda cute that Landon got embarrassed! I got emotional at Luci's end of the year program. Not teary, but just that oh-my-now-i-have-a-second-grader feeling.
Kids here have been out of school for awhile now so it's strange for me to see kids in school.
Gosh, that was just so great to be there and see Whitney and Landon dance so well. I was just a proud
Grandma. I love them so much!
It's funny you got teary watching the kids. It reminds me of a few weeks ago when I went to Austin's walk-a-thon at school. I walked up the hill and saw 100's of kids walking and music was playing and something in me just cracked. I couldn't figure out why I was emotional. I guess it's something to do with the group working as 'one' or being unified- it was powerful.
BTW, I saw the video of the kids and they both did excellent! Those dances were harder than some of the ones I saw at Mom's recital. It was so cute!
I don't think I've ever gotten emotional at these things, but you know me... I love the self-portraits with your parents. Can't believe you talked your dad into one! And I love the way your kids get shy and embarrassed -- it's so cute.
We still have a month until schools out... but we've ben having these events lately too. I get emotional like you. It's emotional watching those kids work together and perform it so well- you know all the hard work everyone put into that. It's also emotional to recognize how far they've come in the last year. All of a sudden you look at them and they've matured and grown without you even knowing it.
i'm guessing you also forgot to have someone take YOUR picture while you were out there doing the YMCA ?!?
I get so emotional at stuff like this. I happened upon our 6th Grade goodbye assembly (my oldest is in 1st) and I couldn't choke back my sobs for these young ones moving on to something bigger. I cry at marathon finish lines too (I wish it were ME crossing the finish line, then I'd have a right to cry, but I'm just there to cheer on my amazing sister and her husband as they cross and I get all teary eyed for the great thing all of those people have accomplished).
We had our dance festival last Friday and we were needing to do some dances to call out the sun gods because it was so cloudy and overcast and every few minutes a few drops would fall.
THat was such a cute song of Landons! I can't beleive how well all the kids new the dance.
Whitney cracks me up that she doesn't smile. I guess I am used to Ashley who thinks she is a super star and won't stop smiling and hamming it up on stage.
you get teary eye really? I don't know how I will feel. So far, I am pretty excited and show emotions full force...so we will see....
i'm so relieved to read all these other misty-eyed moms! i thought i was the only one, my kids or not, kids get me every time! i think patsy's right, it's just a great time in their life and it goes by so quickly. i think it's also because you feel so proud of them and it's easier to see their progress somehow up there on a stage, i don't know, but great job both of them!
and...i love randy knows how to take a self portait!
I'd never heard of this dance festival tradition until this year, but I can hardly wait until the end of Kaitlin's Kindergarten year (in two years!) so I can experience one for myself. It sounds like so much fun!
I always get emotional at things like this.
When I was a kid my elemtary school did a dance festival at the end of the year. I remember it very well.
So funny how both your kids were so serious! I love it. It's also amusing that Landon got emabarrassed and had to move away.
I cry at everything. My kids would be very confused if I didn't cry. At my daughter's kindergarten program with the introduced the 'class of 2020' I lost it.
The video's are great. I love the serious faces. What wonderful memories! I really think our school needs to start the tradition of an end of the year dance festival.
Whitney is so adorably serious. I love it. The dance festival is such a fun end of the year activity. Nothing like that here.
I get teary at stuff like that too. For sure at kinder graduation next week.
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