Fairy Camp

Lily finished a two week session of Fairy Camp at The Children's Theatre here in Salt Lake City. Although she did not learn to fly, the kids did put on a really cute show for family and friends on the last day. Each day they earned a badge for a skill such as stage direction, ensemble, movement, diction etc. All eighteen girls ages 4 to 8 demonstrated these skills collectively and without injuring anyone during the performance. Seriously thought, it was really cute and quite impressive that they memorized lines, stage direction and were able to work together to put on a really cute show.

Boy's best friend

Boy's best friend
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Levi met Boomer when he went to Maine with Chuck back in June. I'm afraid he's in love with him and now sees Boomer in anything cute and fuzzy; cats, dogs, whatever...

Visit to the Zoo

Today it was just the girls. Chuck went to Maine for Uncle Vince's funeral and took Levi with him! I can't believe I let him take my baby. While I'm sitting here wondering how everything is going for all my family in Maine I figured it would be a good idea to take the girls to the zoo. Kind of lonely but pretty standard zoo visit...

Levi takes a trip

Levi and Chuck made the trip home to Maine for Uncle Vince's funeral. It was Levi's first time away from Mom and perhaps Chuck's first time flying solo with a kid. They took the red eye so they were both good and tired. Their departure from SLC was delayed two hours but other than that everything went smoothly. All the girls will be very glad when they return.

Three in a row

Lily is now missing three teeth up top. She was fooling around with Dad and he "accidentally" punched her in the face, leaving her already loose tooth bloody, dangling and ready to be yanked out. All in good fun. Luckily the two front teeth look like they're coming in pretty soon. Three in a row leaves a big gap!

Saturday out, with 3 kids

Sophie broke Lily's reading light. to replace it we headed to Ikea where we dumped the girls into Smileland, and recalled the days when shopping with one kid was a hassle ... now it's a relief!

Utah Museum of Natural History

Today the kids and I went to the Utah Museum of Natural History. They have lots of great dinosaur bones, rock and mineral displays, and creepy insects among other things. Here the girls are putting on a puppet show for Levi. Afterward, Chuck met us for a picnic dinner. Good times!

By the way, that's one way glass the girls are standing behind in case you're wondering why there's a reflection of Levi and my legs. It looks a little strange.

Lily's Class Picnic

Today we celebrated the end of school with Lily's Class Picnic. Highlights included a magician, cookout, robot costume contest, water balloon fight, and generally enjoying the company of our friends from Lily's class. Luckily most of these kids will be going on together to first grade so it's only goodbye for the summer. Great job kiddos!

Lily's Kindergarten Graduation

Lily's class held their Kindergarten Program tonight. The kids have been working hard putting together a musical number, "Heal the World by Michael Jackson; a dance, "Beat It", also by Michael Jackson; and learning the salsa, "Corazon de Melao". Ms. Tiburcio did this all by herself, keeping the details a secret from the parents so we could all be surprised. There was also a slideshow and presentation of "diplomas". Chuck was good enough to volunteer me to play the piano for the the graduation march. If he didn't, who would? The kids did a great job and we presented Ms. Tiburcio with flowers and a gorgeous Diego Rivera art book as a thank you for all her hard work. It's been a great year and we're looking forward to moving on to 1st grade!