music informance

Today was Kade's music informance, not sure why they call it that when it is a performance.  They have a different music teacher each quarter and every time they focus on different instruments and things.  This time they were mostly singing to us and it was very cute.  The kids had a lot of fun with the songs and were really singing not like when they were younger and barely opened their mouths.  Kade is always very serious during these performances, mostly because he's really nervous but I could tell he was enjoying it this time.  Ehren's mom came with me and helped me with the 4 kids I brought, mainly just Aveah and Kason didn't want to sit still and quiet the whole time.  But they did great and once the kids started singing they were all watching quietly.

So here we are, tomorrow is Kade's last day of school.  I can't believe he's going to be in 4th grade next Fall.  I am bracing myself a little for next week when I start watching all 7 kids every day and 8 kids two days a week.  It will be different and a lot more chaotic but I know it will get better as we get used to each other again.  Laadyn is going to come every day and even though it is great for Kade to have a playmate, a lot of times they just are at each other, kind of like brothers.  It's mostly Kade causing it because he doesn't give Laadyn any space all day and he wants to play or do things with Laadyn every minute of the day.  So we'll have to work on that  a little and we also have a new neighbor boy who's the same age and comes over to our house a lot.  It's not always a good thing though because somehow the 3 of them cannot play nice together and one of them always feels left out.  So I hope I am able to be constructive with them, giving them "chores" to do so they don't get into "I'm bored" stage.  It is funny how sometimes the older kids can be a lot harder to deal with than the preschoolers, even though they can be a big help too.

But, I am going to do my best to enjoy this summer with the kiddos.  Especially our Laadyn because he'll be moving away in September and will not be coming anymore.  Kade already cries every time we talk about it because he misses Laadyn being gone already.  He is very sensitive to that and to him Laadyn is really more like a brother.  So I understand how he feels and it breaks my heart when I see how sad Kade is about losing his best friend.  But we do have a long summer ahead of us to enjoy each other and it is nice to be able to remind Kade about enjoying this time he has with Laadyn instead of fighting because soon he won't be here.

Here's Kade and his teacher.  To be fair, this is a pretty bad picture of her and it's funny to me because here on the picture she kind of looks like how I feel about her. :)  But she does look better when she's not making that face and she told us that she really connected with Kade's class and will miss them a lot, unlike some other classes she taught in her 17 years.  So I hope it was a good experience for Kade, just knowing that not all the teachers are all sweet and lovey-dovey.




Laadyn is one of the doctors in this song