Dinosaurs and Dance

It seems like all the kid "productions" happen at one time.

In the past week, Afton had a dance "parent-watch" day and Dino-Night at school.

Afton acted as our guide to teach us all about dinosaurs

Matt demonstrated a volcano

Halle showed us how she can fit inside a T-Rex mouth

and I tried to get a picture of Afton singing amidst 180 first-graders.

(she's behind that black-sleeved arm)

I also have to say that some parents go way over the top with this--

These parents brought flowers for their kid for singing dinosaur songs with the entire grade

I hope I'm not alone in thinking that a 1st grader doesn't need flowers for singing a few songs and showing us some art projects!

Plus, I was just happy we made it all in one piece~I was going it solo with 4 kids

among some insane parents making sure they got the best shot of their kid

(you can see that I did not get a good shot--those parents were in my way!)

anyway...

On to jazz class

getting ready to show what they learn all semester

I so wish I were as flexible as Afton

And that I could do the splits too!

It was fun watching them dance and show all the steps they've been working on.

Now they'll start putting it all together for their performance routine

Finally, ballet.

I just think she looks like a classic ballerina!

She got to be the leader that day

I love seeing how much she's learned since she started at age 3!