Ballet Performance Day

Nana and Eden dancing after the show

The "Stars" with Dada and Abuelita

Lola outside of the stage door for drop off before the show

Eden at the stage door, drop-off area

The Girls had their Ballet Demonstration June 13 at the Lesher Arts Theater in Walnut Creek. It was Eden's third or fourth performance and Lola's 1st! Abuelita Maria and Nana were present that day. It was a really great show! The girls did such an incredible job! I was quite impressed with all they've learned. Eden is really growing into an incredible dancer and it's really wonderful to watch her grow into such a great dancer. Miss Lola was so very good, too. She is really talented for being so young and for being in dance for such a short time. But then again, Eden is always teaching her dance moves so she's got plenty of practice. Lola did quite well, but at the end of the show, she'd had enough and was crying when they came out to take their last bow. I heard her crying for mommy. It's times like these that I realize she is only 3 1/2.

At the end of the show there was such a beautiful photo montage displaying all of the ballet school dancers. It was so very touching and my mom and I cried and weeped for a bit. The song playing to the montage was "I hope you dance" which is a song I dedicated to Eden when she was a baby. It sure struck a few heartstrings.

Afterward, Abuelita treated us to Chili's for a celebratory lunch while Nana went home to rest up for the next day (or two as it turned out) of fun with the kids while Enrique and I got ready to move to a new apartment the next day. Yes, we moved!

Here's video of the girls:

Lola's and Eden's last day of school

Eden's teacher Mrs. Eiler...such a great teacher. We'll miss her so very much!

Mrs. Johnson (she made sure Lola will be in her 4's class. She's teacher's pet and it shows!)

Mrs. Daly. Lola will still be in her class next year along with Mrs. Johnson as assistant.

Lola's Last Day: A marching band treat....

Lola's Last day of school was in early June and boy was it a fun day. Lola's classroom did a cute little musical parade around the school and they got to sing us a few good bye songs. It was very sweet. It was hard saying goodbye to some friends who will be starting kindergarten in the fall, but because Lola is barely 4 (August 10 is her birthday) she will be in preschool one more year. She had a really great time and before we knew it, it was summer break for Lola! I can't believe a year has already gone by.

The next week was Eden's last day of school. It was bitter sweet because we had just learned that her teacher got a pink slip and will not be returning to Parkmead. What a loss! She's such a great teacher. So commited, so very kind and patient. We see her everywhere we go and it was nice to think that possibly Lola could be in her classroom some day. Not so anymore. So we hugged and said goodbye to friends and made playdate arrangements and discussed our summer plans. The best part is that we got report cards and Eden has done such an incredible job! I was shocked to see that her math and reading both exceeded standards and her reading is in the second to third grade level! I'm so impressed but not too surprised. Reading is such an important part of our daily lives and has been since the girls were, well, in womb. But the math really shocked me because they were introduced to new and more complicated stuff towards the end of the school year. I thought for sure her score would go down, but her average was 100% up from 98 or 99%. Because she had done so well, my mom gave her $40! Let's just say Eden was so very proud of herself.

We've got so much planned this summer. Lots of camps and fun activities. Stay tuned!