First Days of School

For the first time since leaving Germany, both Sophia & Lexa have their own schools this year.  Sophia returning to start 2nd grade, and Lexa joining her in school but at the other church on the hill for preschool.  We are back a bit into the Episcopalian hold for the next couple of years, and it is very good!

and back in uniform – YEA for mornings!!

And pure fun for Lexa!

Sophia’s First Sock Hop (Troy’s too)

Sophia’s school had a father/daughter Sock Hop, and of course we couldn’t resist. Sophia looked fantastic in her poodle skirt, but was not to be undone by the endless groups of pink ladies (ala Grease) at the dance. Sophia spent the first half of the night hiding out with her friends, and the second half dancing away. Most of the dads were just a little sore the next morning thanks to some little kiddie toss & turns, and the limbo stick...

1st Grade!!

Just a few photos from prep day…

with Fr John after picking out her seat – middle of the class, front row.  I tried to suggest other, but she was insistent…  with her seat mate Jenna,

 

and the first day of school – uniforms & everything! Sophia is one of 3 new girls to her class, all of whom are friends of hers…  (she is counting!)  And we like all of their names! with mommy & Lexa (who didn’t want to leave, and kept asking for her own little chair as we walked away from Sophia!!  Its going to be a challenging year)

Sophia's Final Assemblies

A combination of the assemblies for the end of the year...

Sophia's Goodbye! from Moya Z on Vimeo.

End of year Assemblies

Sophia’s school does such a great job with transitions for all of the children.  Every Thursday there is an assembly for the lower school where any child who is leaving the school that week is asked to stand up & have the “good bye” song sang to them.  (It makes me cry almost every time…) Sophia & Hugo with their good bye certificates…

Then at the end of the year, there is the magic door.  The children say good bye to their current teachers, walk thru the door, and are greeted by next year’s teachers on the other side.

We now have a Grade 1 student!!

(video to come!!)

Sports day

At the end of the school year, the entire lower school is split into 4 colored teams to compete in various activities on the quad for the day.  Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue all race around the grass playing tug-o-war, 50 meter dash, spoon race, croquet, and more…

This year the weather has been so bad, the day was postponed twice before finally being scheduled 2 days before the end of the school year.  It actually was quite nice having something so fun to do, just as the year was ending!Sophia was on the blue team, and wore her USA shirt, and then was so excited to be walking across the grass & have the older kids start chanting “USA, USA!”  We are in the middle of world cup fever…

I love this photo with all of the missing teeth, and Sophia actually pulled out her 3rd tooth right after this! Then it was off to the races… Where our darling girl got 2nd!!

Irish Dancing Performance

Sophia has been taking Irish Dancing at school for the past year, and is loving it!  Today was their end of year performance, and it is amazing what their teacher has been able to teach them, and how much fun they have had with it!

And Brehan & Caro were able to come down to see it!  She was so excited!!

Butterfly live!

Not exactly live, but definately on screen...

Rec C Assembly from Moya Z on Vimeo.

Our butterfly

Sophia’s class finally had their assembly this week – one of the last classes in the school to do so, and we have a butterfly in our family! The current unit in the classroom is “Life Cycles” and so the assembly was the life cycle from an egg to a butterfly.

  The boys doing the caterpillar boogie

and finally the butterflies take flight