The kindergarten class invited all the mothers today for a small celebration.  It was an awkward time for my work, but I made arrangement to attend.  Fortunately I did as all the other mothers were present too.  As the moms entered the classroom, the teacher had our kids present us a flower, then led us to their seats to put the flowers in their hand-decorated vases.  The teacher announced that the kids prepared a short performance for us, and since they were previously practicing for the Spring Concert, they only worked on this for a short time.  They sang us three songs and recited three poems, and they did a fine job.  After the great entertainment, we returned to the seats with the kids to see some handmade gifts.  Connor presented me a Happy Mother’s art work and some written notes to me.  The teacher had a couple of 5th grader helpers; they were busy bringing snacks to the moms and the children.  After eating, we wrapped up this little celebration.  All the moms, including me, really appreciated the effort the teacher and the kids put together for us.  I walked out with Connor and the other kids to their recess, and I then returned to work.

A side note, Connor’s little friend came ask to take a picture with Connor.

    One day last week, Connor shared with us that there were a few girls who had a crush on him.  The next day he told Stuart that he had a crush on one of the girls, and he gestured that there was not much he could do to control it.  On Monday when I picked him up from school, he wanted to go to the big playground to play with her.  He also added that he likes to play with her as she is his girlfriend.

    Today was Logan and Connor’s concert with Logan at 9am and Connor at 10:30am.   After drop off, Stuart and I found our seats in the Superdome.  Since Logan preferred not to be filmed and filming was hectic, I was fine to sit tight with Stuart and enjoyed the show instead.  Logan spotted us as soon as the classes arrived and waved us a hello.  During the whole performance, he looked toward and seemed quite engaged.  The 2nd graders sang eight songs and they were very entertaining.  I also filmed two of the songs for keepsake.  After the concert, the parents followed the class to outside for a few class pictures.   The kids then returned to their classroom to continue on with their day.

    Next, we returned to the Superdome to wait for the next show.  Since it was still quite early and there were not as many parents, we moved up to slightly better seats.  Finally Connor’s class arrived and gave us a big smile when he spotted us.  The show began and the kindergarteners were doing as great as a job as the 2nd graders.  Connor was engaged and was happy up on the bleacher.  He was smiling and making small talks with his classmates in between songs.  More than 1/2 way through their 8 songs, suddenly Connor’s expression changed.  He looked sad and about to cry.  Stuart and I tried to gesture to him to be happy again, but Stuart noticed that Connor asked to go potty.  By then, Connor started to tear up and looked very sad.  Watching Connor like that really melted our heart.  With his headache situation, Connor seems to cry a lot easily than before.  I did not want to go up to get Connor myself to interrupt the performance; fortunately I saw the principle on the side.  I quickly went to ask for her help, and she immediately went to retrieve Connor for me.  I took him to the bathroom, then the principle took him back to join his class.  He was in time to do the last chicken dance song even though that was Connor’s least favorite one.

   After the performance and some class pictures, the kids were led to have a kindergarten potluck.  Connor along with the rest of the kids were thrilled to see all kind of breakfast food for them.  I hung out with Connor while he enjoyed the feast, then the kids returned to the rest of their day at school.

    Connor had an early game this morning.  We rested at home briefly, then headed out again to Bar’s birthday party.  Logan and Stuart skipped out on the party as Logan had a conflicting game time.  By the way, Logan made a basket in his game, his first basket this season.  When Connor and I arrived at the party house, many girls had started with the art and craft projects.  Connor jumped in to start decorating a cupcake and a cookie.  Periodically he asked me when Rohan would arrive.  Connor had mentioned earlier that Rohan only played with Logan, and so he was looking forward to playing with Rohan today.  However Rohan was arriving late due to swimming, Connor seemed bored but I tried to get him to play in the bouncy house and later made some bracelets with me.  Later, Guy made cotton candy for the everyone and it was a hit.  Connor was excited to try cotton candy for the first time, but he did not care for it after a few bites.  Finally Rohan arrived, he looked around and asked me Logan’s whereabouts; once he learned that Logan was not coming, he went off to see Connor.  For the rest of party, the two boys did stick together playing in the bouncy house or with the Tablet inside the house. 

    Logan’s classmate Maxim invited the boys over to his house to play on Sunday morning.  It was a last minute invite and of course the boys were thrilled to go.  Stuart and I decided to play tennis after we dropped them off.  We had a good tennis day; we played two sets.  Even though I lost both games, we played relatively well and we had a great exercise.

    We showered and had lunch, then brought the boys home to feed them lunch before heading out to the Kaos.  The boys must have played hard in the morning as they both fell asleep shortly after being in the car.  They were rejuvenated and were ready to play with Mckayla and Marcus once we arrived.  We were watching the Warriors with Michelle and Ted while the four kids played nicely with Legos.  They periodically brought us their creations to show off.  Later they went out to the backyard for basketball.  Since it was a relatively hot day, they came back in to the house later to play Monopoly.  They played quietly for quite a long time on their own.  Later, I heard that Marcus had been bankrupted, and Logan tried to survive against Mckayla and Connor who had teamed up.  Ted and Michelle started preparing dinner next and made one of my favorites, Cioppino.  We all gathered to eat the delicious dinner.  The kids had enough food just to fill up, then they were off playing and leaving us slowly enjoy the rest of the meal.  Some of us later had some bundt cakes for desserts.  I was still way too stuffed, so Michelle and I were off for a walk around the backyard while the kids played at the structure and with basketball.  Finally before 7:30pm, we had to pack up to go home.   This was a fun day with hours of playtime.  With the exercise, wine and a big meal, I was exhausted in the evening after the boys went to sleep.