Day 24: School IS fun!

There are days when Skylar will give me such a hard time about going to school that I wonder, how on earth is she going to make it next year when she needs to go for 5 days?! But then there are days like today where its packed full of fun stuff that she will beg to go to school tomorrow! I'm guessing that it has a lot to do with her age so getting her to stay focused when playtime isn't involved can be quite a challenge. Today was a a fun, fun day. First, she's working on the letter "R" so they got to bring something in for show and tell and she chose her beloved Rapunzel doll. She was so excited to be able to take her since most times it's just a small stuffed animal during nap time. Brycie also had a fun day planned because today was the big MDO Pet Parade. They made little floats out of shoe boxes and pulled stuffed animals around the entire campus. I was told that he seemed to have the most fun out of every body. Which sounds JUST like my son. He's my happy lil dude.

He was very proud of his little float. We even had to walk his little koala through the parking lot for a lap before going to the car.

Skylar had her White Flag performance tonight for the school's big "Preview Night." Daddy missed going to the first one so he was very happy that she'd be performing again so he could see it. She did great! We had a couple of wardrobe malfunctions such as when she would bend down to pick either her flag or her cross up, she wasn't very lady-like about it and at the end of the performance she marched around stage with the cross hung on her dress revealing her neon pink panties for everyone to see. Sigh. What can ya do?! I cried the first time I saw her perform to this song and cried again this time. There's just something so sweet about the innocence of a child and their love for God. She LOVES God and not just because she's taught to. If you ever have a chance to talk to Skylar about God, you'll see instantly the love she has for Him and the conviction she feels if she thinks she's "hurt His feelings." The chorus to this song goes...

We raise our white flags

We surrender all to you

All for you.

We raise our white flag

The war is over

Love has come.

 

So as these four year olds are belting out these lyrics, they're waving these white flags around (Skylar's favorite). But then..the part that makes me emotional every time is when the sing...

 

We lift the cross

Lift it high

Lift it high

 

At this point they are very slowly lifting their crosses (that each of them made at home) and singing that part over and over until their crosses are high up in the air for all of us to see. The look on each one of their sweet faces is priceless and even now, I can feel emotions coming out. It was such a sweet  performance and I'm so happy her daddy was there to see. Even if it meant, taming the wild two year old for the 30 minutes prior to the song. Another GREAT family night!