Wizard of Oz

Lilly and I went on a field trip with her class to see The Wizard of Oz performed by a high school really close to our house.  It was a great show in the brand new school which literally just opened it's doors this year.  Impressively, the theater even has an upper level which really does offer great seats.

A few days later Lilly and I went back to see the show again...with Will and Sophia.  The second time around I thought it just dragged on and on.  Three hours of Wizard of Oz is a little much.  I have to give a big thank you to my mom for sitting through hours of the Wizard of Oz when I was a senior in high school.  Holy smokes - that was 22 years ago!  And....I can still remember the lines.

Lilly's favorite song was the Jitterbug.  It was silly and choreographed really cute.  She sang it for days.

Ancient Egypt and Ancient China

The second graders studied ancient Egypt and China in March and concluded their lessons with a small song performance in early April for all the parents.  They all decorated an over-sized white t-shirt with Chinese characters on one side and Hieroglyphics on the other.  They switched sides half way through the show.  

At this show I also saw that Sophia is the tallest kid in all of second grade at her school. She also led the entire group of kids onto the stage.  

Here's Sophia wearing her Egyptian hair and crown.

Here she is wearing a dragon mask.