The Kindergarten Show

The Kindergarten at Marina's school had their program tonight. Marina has been so excited about it. She's been asking for for over a week if I would come to her show. A few days ago, her question became, "Will you clap at my show?" Of course I did!

Marina knew the songs well and seemed to have fun on stage. At the beginning she looked for me and waved when she found me.

For those of you who couldn't make it, here's what you missed. Marina is in the second row off to the right side. She is wearing a long sleeved light blue shirt and a "pilot" hat.

Magical, Magical Me



You're Not Everybody



I Feel Tall Inside



When I Grow Up



I Like Being Little A Lot



One Light, One Sun



The Kindergarten Wall

Happy Easter!

We had a very nice Easter. We had brunch at church followed by and Easter Egg hunt. Marina was a bit cranky and at first didn't want to participate in the Easter Egg hunt. But once it got started, she jumped right in.

When we came home she was delighted to see the Easter Bunny had come to our house. She found the eggs quickly. It took a bit longer to find her baskets. That’s probably because she was distracted by the big box in the living room. It was a new bike. She was very excited about that.

We had Chuck, Judy, Bethany and Kyle over for Easter dinner. Chuck and Kyle put the bike together while I finished dinner. Marina watched and “helped” with that. Dinner took a bit longer than I had planned. Marina ate a little bit, but not as much as I expected. She didn’t even eat much dessert. But it was apparent she was still very tired. Despite that I think she’s had a good day.

Birthday Pictures

Marina had her picture taken today. First we had her in her birthday dress ...



Then her Easter dress ...

Dinner for a Princess

We wrapped up Marina's birthday with a special dinner with our family. She had requested "basketti," so I cooked up an Italian dinner with lasagne, spaghetti and chicken parmesan. Our house was full, but we had good conversation and good food. Marina was having so much fun, she didn't even think about birthday cake or presents.

Marina had requested a chocolate cake with layers and horses on it. So that is what she got.


Once she got around to it, she opened some very nice presents.

It's been a fun week, but an tiring one.

Party Under the Sea

Marina said she wanted a pool party. In March that's not so easy to do. A recreation center was recommended to me and it turned out to be great. We had two lifeguards. Katie and Tyler, who did a great job playing with the kids and helping them in the deeper parts. Marina had so much fun, I had a hard time keeping track of her during the party.


After a long hour of swimming, we went into the party room for cake and presents. It took s awhile to cut into the ice cream cake. During that time, we passed out leis and other accessories. Once the cake was passed out, the kids were very quiet as they ate it. Of course, Marina had plenty of help opening her presents.

Overall, I think it was a good party.

Ballet Class

It was Parent Watch Week at Marina's dance studio. Parents can watch through a window but whenever Marina catches me watching, she stops dancing and waves to me. This time, Marina didn't seem quite as distracted by me as she has in the past. In fact, she even asked to start one of the exercises. We also go to watch a rehearsal of their recital in June. It looks good so far!

Happy Birthday Princess!

Marina turned six today. I took cupcakes to her school this morning. She and I put one cupcake at each place. How happy were her classmates to come in from recess to see cupcakes on the tables. Marina loved it when the class sang "Happy Birthday" to her. The she happily ate her pink cupcake at a table with her friends Hannah and Bailey.

This evening, she got to pick what we had for dinner. She chose McDonalds. Our friends Chuck and Judy joined us. Then we all came back to our home for cake and presents. I made her a Tinkerbell chocolate cake. Marina was so excited by the presents that she hardly touched her cake. She had a good day today. This kicks off her birthday week. The celebrating will last until Sunday.