Face Painting

Marina loves to have her face painted. She attended a carnival this week where she asked to be painted like a "mermaid princess." Unfortunately, she also had swimming lessons, so the face paint didn't last for long.

The good news was, my company picnic was a few days later. I told her there would be a face painter there as well. She was so excited she told the artist that she wanted to be a mermaid princess again. She even showed her the picture from a few days before. The artist took it in stride and created a design Marina loved.

The Last Day

Today was Marina's last day of school. Didn't I just take her for the first day? I can't believe she has completed Kindergarten! Marina enjoyed this year. She made lots of friends. Every morning she would say "Good morning" to every classmate she saw as we walked in, even if they weren't in hearing distance yet!

But what made this year special was the three wonderful teachers she had for her morning Kindergarten class and Enrichment in the afternoon. We owe them a huge "Thank you" for all they did for her this year!

Piano Recital

Marina performed her first piano recital today. Miss Patty, her teacher, had scheduled her to play third. But Marina requested to go sixth, because she is six years old. So Miss Patty agreed. Marina played two very short pieces, "Freight Train" and "Key of C" (better known to us as the Turkey Song). She seemed quite comfortable in front of everyone.



After she was done she was so proud of herself! The hard part for her was waiting for everyone else to play their songs before she could have cake!

Song of Dreams - Ballet Recital

Marina's ballet recital was a neat one. It was called "Song of Dreams." The girls were all dressed like fairy princesses. Marina, as usual, waved to me when she found me in the audience. Actually, she did it twice. She seemed to be in a bit of a hurry to get through it, finishing each movement faster than everyone else. But she was happy about it. If there is one thing Marina loves it's being on the "big stage."

If you weren't able to be there, here is the video I took of the dress rehearsal. Marina is in the back row on the far left end.

Kindergarten Family Celebration

To mark the end of the year, the kindergarten staff had a "Kindergarten Family Celebration." It started with the kids performing. They did many of the same songs they had done at their big show in April. But here are a few new ones.

Hello



Down By the Bay



(My camera had an error while filming the next one, "Everything Grows," so I only have the last 30 seconds or so. But since it was a new song, I went ahead and added what I got.)

Everything Grows



The music was followed by a video presentation of pictures the kids had taken of each other during the year. Many of them were very silly. We also got to see pictures of each student as a baby and now. That was fun!