Two Cool Things

There were two cool events yesterday.

First, Justin "graduated" from preschool. There wasn't a ceremony or anything, he just came home with a fun hat and diploma (and sucker--that's most important). I think graduation ceremonies other than for high school and college are kind of silly, myself. Sorry if you like them. But Justin looked awfully cute and I had to get a picture. I can't believe his preschool days are over!

I've done a neighborhood preschool for the past two years with some other moms. We take a turn hosting preschool every 6 weeks and it's worked out really well. We started it mainly so the kids would have a chance to play together and we could have a break for a couple of hours twice a week, but Justin has actually learned a lot and really enjoyed it. He can't wait to start Kindergarten in the fall!

The next event was Spencer's and Grace's spring piano recital.

They each played a solo and duet and were awesome! Grace's duet partner has only been playing piano since the fall and was playing in the wrong spot on the piano, so it sounds a little off, but Grace played her part perfectly. Playing duets is very difficult, as Grace knows from the first time she had to learn one. It took a lot of work and patience! I'm proud of her for accommodating her partner by slowing down and speeding up when necessary and playing through it even though she knew something was off. She has made so much progress from when she first started lessons!

Grace and Spencer were excited to receive an unexpected award for the most consistent practicing of all their teacher's students. (I told them I thought I deserved half of each of their giant Symphony candy bars, but they weren't willing to share.) Justin will start piano lessons in a couple of weeks. Let's see if I can keep up the consistency through the summer mayhem and an extra student!

Enjoy the videos! Stupidness. The videos aren't uploading for some reason. I'll try posting them later. Chances are, no one will read this before then anyway.