End of the school year for Anna. (didn't take any of Luke..)

Anna with one of her good friends, Camila.

Anna at the kindergarten end of the year music celebration.

Anna with her friend, Brennan.

Anna with her teacher.

More Anna and Camila pictures.

Anna and her friend, Owen.

Anna's recital and Oliver

Anna's recital was a few weeks ago.  I haven't updated this in awhile.

Anna with Juliet and Leah after rehearsal.

Anna with her friends, Parker and Izzie.

Anna with Parker and Megan.

Luke was thrilled to be at the recital.

Anna was very tired after the recital and fell asleep on the way home.

U8 Boys 1st Division Champs!!!

1st grade MOOsical

A few weeks ago, 1st grade had a Mooosical.  They kids all sort of dressed up as barn animals and sang barn songs.  Luke's class dressed as cows.  This was the first time Dodson had a concert in the evening for 1st graders.  Luke was NOT excited about it.  We told him the teachers said it would only be about 20 minutes and he said that it would probably be 2 hours and it would be too hot and it would be boring!  He ended up having an okay time.  He didn't want to sign up for a solo or speaking part.  He begged us to let him stay home for this.  He didn't really sing much.  How he looks in this picture above is pretty much what he looked like the whole time.

But it wasn't all that bad.  Afterwards we took him to Menchie's and he said the concert was fine.

He wasn't crying.  This picture just looks like it.  

A new friend

Leah and Juliet got a new baby brother, Theodore!  He's a very agreeable baby.  We were very excited to meet him.  

While their parents were in the hospital when Theodore was born, Leah and Juliet spent the night.  The kids had a fun time playing together.  We pulled out the bed on the couch and they all slept downstairs together. 

A few weeks later, the kids played together and wore "derby" hats while we watched the Kentucky Derby.  We all put in our bets and Luke won!  Part of his winnings was postage stamps because that's all Katherine had.  He was quick to trade them in for some cash at his earliest opportunity though.

Build a Bears

These pictures are from a few weeks ago.  Anna and Luke love their Build a Bears.  They like to have parties with them together and get them dressed up nicely.  

They looked especially nice this day so they got a picture.  I like Pumpkin's roller skates and Sia's robe and glasses.  

Anna's Piano Concert and Luke's Art Show

Anna did a great job in her piano recital!  She played Rowlf's Blues and Rowlf's Tune.  Rowlf is the dog from Muppets that plays piano.  She has been with a new teacher since January and the concert was at a higher level than the Christmas one.  The kids aren't allowed to use their music for the concert and there were some big kids that were very impressive.  Anna was also excellent. She worked hard at her songs and did wonderful!

Luke's art was in the Plymouth-Canton art show this year!  He was proud.  And we are proud of him too!

Digging holes

I don't remember what someone said to Lukey to upset him, but he wasn't happy about something.  He's a dramatic boy.  That's okay.   

Meanwhile, Anna was digging holes.  Anna was an expert hole digger.  She didn't even tell anyone what she was doing, but had a whole system worked out.

First, she'd dig like a dog.

Then when it got too deep to dig like a dog, she'd start digging like a turtle.

At some point she'd get so deep that Tim would need to pull her out of her hole.

Then she'd jump in.

It wasn't always ready yet.  She'd  take careful calculations on how deep it was to see if it was ready.

Once ready, she'd get in and cover herself with sand.

And decorate her creation.

Luke dug himself a hole too.