Dance Festival 2010

The last day of school for my kids is always a Dance Festival.

Each of the grades does a different dance.

This was Max's first year.

His class did the Jell-O dance -- a crowd favorite.

(Not to mention the kindergarteners are so stinking cute.)

The boy has moves!

Next up....Anders.

His grade did Tinikling

Thanks to my mother-in-law, I actually have pictures that aren't blurry and are close enough to actually see.

A Few of the spectators...

Good times. 

Good times.

Anders Class Play

They studied South America and their teacher had them put together a play based on an Incan myth.

It was really cool.

Anders was a narrator and did a really great job.

They put A LOT of work into this.

They did it over and over and over and had lots of classes from the school come to watch.

What a bunch of characters!

They made animals from the rainforest out of paper and put them around the room. 

I'm sad I didn't get any pictures of that.

The best part was this HUGE tree the teacher made as the main backdrop for the play.

The picture doesn't do it justice.

I loved it!

Way to go Anders!

Somebody needed a haircut

I cut my boy's hair and sometimes I put it off for a very long time. If you look through any of the other recent photos, you'll see that my boys desperately needed a haircut.

I finally plunged in.

I wasn't even coherent enough to think about taking an "after" picture because all I could focus on was this....

(warning: potentially repulsive picture to follow)

Wo.

That is a lot of hair.

(See my foot. That should give you some perspective as to how large that pile was. And that's not even all of the hair that was stuck to my socks!)

If you look at the lighter spot, that is from Max's head.

The rest,.....Anders.

That kid has some SERIOUS hair.

This is why I put it off -- it takes me forever to chop through all of that.

I'll have to find a reason to take his picture again before it grows all back out.

Anders Class Play

They studied South America and their teacher had them put together a play based on an Incan myth.

It was really cool.

It was about corn and how people were created. 

Really cool.

Some of the kids had multiple parts and took on and off different pieces of costumes.

Check out this awesome tree!

She puts it up on one side of the room. You can't tell from here, but it is HUGE! I love it!

Anders was a narrator.

Great job Anders!

You are probably one of the cutest Incan kids I've ever seen. :)

School Art Show 2010

This is by FAR one of my favorite events at their school.

They put on a HUGE art show of all of the pieces that the children learn from two different art teachers.

(Actually, one teacher does K-2 and the other does 3-6).

Anyway, this event is so big. 

They set it up in the gym and it is always so amazing to walk in.

First, we're off to see the kids' pieces. 

The one thing I LOVE about this show is that every child gets 2-3 pieces at least.

Plus, they put up a sign telling you what they learned about as they created each piece -- an artist, method, or type of art. 

Love it.

First up, Max.

I love these masks. So cool.

I didn't get a picture of the sign, but they were studying movement I believe. 

The Eric Carle wall is ALWAYS one of my very favorite!!

I love me that monkey in the tree!!!

His self-portrait. 

These are another one of my favorites. I now have a set of 4 trees (each in a different season) from Anders and Max. I hope to do a really cool display with them sometime. They are so beautiful.

Next up,...Anders.

I didn't get photos of all of the signs telling you the artist or style. Woops.

The skulls were way cool -- in the style of Georgia O'Keefe. But, this print titled "The Bucktooth King" is probably one of my favorites. I love the title, I love the piece. So funnny!

His haunted tree and some impressionist geraniums and more from his class collection.         

A few of my favorites that weren't from my own kids' classes.

I loved these cheerful still-lifes.

These black and white flowers -- so cool. 

The bugs were some of my favorites as well -- they were new to the show. (Most of the grades do the same art year after year so you basically see some of the same stuff.) The rest are pictures of the show itself. It is hard to document but the sight of all of this hanging on the walls and dividers when you walk in is just awesome.

See anyone you know? (Two somebodys? Three?)

{Don't worry dear. I won't tell anyone you have a thinning spot up there.} :)

They had several three-dimensional projects that were really cool -- one was a sculpted chess set. Each of the students sculpted a piece. Rats. No photo. But I LOVE these masks.

What a way to finish -- these Andy Warhol McD's fries. Love 'em.

So cool.