May 25 - Dance Festival

Each year at the end of the year, Andlie's school has the Dance Festival.  It's outdoors and each grade does a dance.  This year, Andlie's class did a Chinese Ribbon Dance.  She's worked hard at school for a few weeks learning the moves.  And since she started practicing, she's been coming home & telling me, "MOM!!  There is a SURPRISE at the end of our dance and you are gonna LOVE it!!"  Followed by lots of giggling.

Well today after the calming flute music was over and the ribbon dance ended, some party music came on and the kids started jumping up & down & wiggling all around.  Andlie looked back at us with her shy smile and then threw her head back & burst in to laughter.  She's so cute and she was so much fun to watch today!

 

During the festival, Haze & Nora played on the school play ground.  Afterwards, they had some very important news for me.

"Mom, this girl with white hair and curls and a gray shirt and she was 5 said, 'DON'T DO THAT!' to us and we didn't like it so we made a mad face! Like you make your eyebrows straight and look your head down and get your mad lips out and fold your arms. Because we were mad."

We've been so happy to have Bryce back in town!  He's moving back to Orem and has been staying at our house since Sunday until he finds an apartment!  We love having him here!  The first thing Nora asks when she wakes up is, "Is Bryce here?"  And when his car comes home, the kids race to him and can't wait to play.  Tonight he played Transformers with the items in our garage with Haze & Nora.  He's pretty great.  We're happy to have him back!