We started the month with an end of the year celebration for Sheri's girl scout troop! She was very fortunate to have two awesome leaders. They were flexible with the various levels of involvement of each girl. Yet they were organized so well that all could contribute and participate at their own level. Sheri was able to participate in most of the weekly meetings and in many of the extra activities that were planned. She also really enjoyed seeing her old friends from her previous elementary school.
Sterling's birthday was June 2nd. We celebrated with cake and presents. He didn't have a friend party this year because I try to save these for every 4 years (ages 4, 8, 12, 16). Unfortunately all my kids are 4 years apart except him. So everyone else gets a party this year, but he will be the only one getting a "friend party" in a couple years. He was a good sport about it, and enjoyed picking out birthday presents with me.
I love Sterling so much! He is a happy kid with a good attitude most of the time. He enjoys trying out lots of new ideas and experiences. He is kind-hearted and easy going. He is smart and is learning to persist at things that are challenging (including piano). He is humorous and fun! He is also helpful and patient (especially when helping his little brother). We are so grateful for Sterling!
June 3rd was awards day for the younger kids at school. They both had excellent teachers!
The last day of school was Monday, the 6th. We also started dance dress rehearsals for the week.
On Tuesday we were also able to squeeze in Mormon night at the Clippers (baseball).
Saturday, June 11th was recital day! We were in 3 shows. The studio does their best to put siblings in the same show or at least the same day. We are grateful that they especially try to put our kids' in the Saturday shows so that we can rest and worship on the Sabbath.
The show was Peter Pan. The studio does a nice job of keeping the recital organized, paced well, not too long, and varied in dance level and genre.
Eve was a pixie for ballet, a sword for modern and a story character (from story time in the nursery at the beginning of Peter Pan).
Sterling's hip hop class performance was scheduled on a Sunday show and so he was unable to perform with that class. In addition, he elected not to perform with his ballet class. I asked the kids to pay for their costumes (above 2) and that was not important enough to him. However, I think he really enjoyed the hip hop class and gained some self mastery in the ballet class.
Here he is in his 2 gymnastic dances as story book characters. One was with Eve, and that was really fun to see them perform together!
Sheri was Happy for jazz (as in the happy thoughts that help you fly), a shadow for hip hop, and a storybook character (1 Fish 2 Fish) for gymnastics. Sheri really shined on stage. She had a dynamic stage presence!
It was all so much fun! Rehearsals throughout the week and the shows on Saturday were a great way to celebrate all their hard work throughout the year.! I love recital time!
The next day (Sunday morning) our good friends, the Thomas family surprised us with performance gifts. Talk about thoughtful friends! They came to a performance and brought each of the kids something special (even Christian). It was especially fun since Eve and their son both "like" each other. :)
This concludes the first half of June. We left on vacation the very next day. But more about that in my next post.
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