Fourth grade was the year of the recorder. Over the past several months, I have heard "Hot Cross Buns" played on said recorder more times than I care to count. To make matters worse, Nolan likes to pretend that he can play the songs that Laiken is playing, so very often, he will try to entertain me throughout the day as he "plays" music for us. Sam's does not sell a large enough bottle of Advil to counteract the headaches resulting from the tremendous amounts of noise that have been going on in my house and in the car. (Yes, the car, because I was an idiot once and told Laiken she could practice on the way to school. Notice I said 'once'.)The culmination of all of this practicing was an end of year musical at the school. You have never heard Ode to Joy until you have heard it played on plastic faux instruments by a group of 4th graders! No, really, it was cute. The kids were all very excited about the event and the finale of This Little Light of Mine sung while the kids waved glow sticks was absolutely adorable. Here is a very short clip of it:
Here are Carson and Laiken showing off their art work that was on display for the event. Carson created a dog out of recycled materials and Laiken made a wall hanging using an antiquing method.
2 comments:
Kelly, you had me rolling on this one!! Sydney never cared much about the recorder, so we missed out on the Advil moments! I am sure Hayley will be all into it, though, so thanks for preparing me! I know you are so proud of your kids! Hard to believe another year is over!
How lucky am I that our girls were so close together! If my video doesn't work out I can always show daddy this one or even share with the family. We also escaped the Advil moments due to the expander. Luckily?, it made it very difficult for Adrienne to practice or play! The girls' last year at elementary will fly just like this one. YIKES!!!
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