Our Amy is a delight. She's kind of quiet (well, not at home) and always sweet. Her teachers have all enjoyed working with her, which is no surprise. It's hard to believe that she is done with elementary school. Last year I volunteered in her class with Mr. Taylor. He sung her praises every time I came into their class. So it wasn't too much of a surprise when we found out she was one of four kids that was awarded the "Hope of America" award for "demonstrating during this school year capacity for leadership, ethical and moral character, and outstanding academic and accomplishment." (This award is not connected to mom's 'Hope of America' but is given out by the Kiwanis club.) It was fun to be able to go and cheer for her at a school assembly.
On the last day of school Kate and I went to her school for the dance festival and an attempt to break a world record (the longest thumb war chain). It was a lot of fun. Made me think of the not-so-long-ago days when I was a teacher. I'm not going to lie, it was kind of wonderful to be on the parent side of the day's events. It was so fun to watch Amy with Kate. She's simply a wonderful big sister and Kate adores her. Any concerns I have about the future seem to melt away during moments like this.
(*I can't get the spacing to work on this post, so I'll just briefly write about all the pictures below.)
Amy and Kate-
(pic 1) Amy came to stand with me for a few minutes while some other grades performed their dances.
(Pic 2) She then went back to her seat and took Kate with her.
Dance Festival -
(Pic 3) Amy didn't exactly look like she loved performing their grade level dance, but then again, none of the sixth graders looked like they were enjoying it. They are all ready for Junior High! (Pic 4) The faculty did this funny dance to the "Charriots of Fire" slow motion song. They ran a race around the edge of the stage area and had some fun choreographed tumbles and crashes and the like. The kids seemed to enjoy it much more than the average faculty dance.
Popsicles -
(Pic 5) Kate looking longingly at Amy's popsicle :) After the dance festival the school was trying to break the world record for longest thumb-war chain. Turns out there is a lot to do in order to legitimately beat the record. Each person has to be given a wrist band, counted, photographed, and thumb printed (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, but it was hot and it was taking a looong time). I chatted with Shanine, which was good, and Amy and Kate hung out until Kate konked out. In the end (after about 45 minutes of waiting and then some practice thumb-warring) they finally did the official thumb war only to find out afterwards that they didn't have enough people to break the record. Darn.
It was a good day.
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