Music and Art Show

Springtime means the end of the school year is quickly approaching, which in turn means lots of projects, programs and field trips and I am beginning to think NOT a lot of learning! But that's what makes the end of the year fun.

Wyatt had his Music/Art Show at school and had been talking about it for quite awhile. He was very excited to have us all there and we were excited to see all he had been telling us about. 

We met him in his classroom for a quick cookie and punch reception and it was so cute to see how excited his friend Titus was to see Blake and show him around the classroom. It's amazing how the boys just gravitate to one another!

Titus had asked if I could take a picture of Wyatt, Blake and him on the beanbag chair, so when Sadie snuck in after feeling a bit left out, I tried to include her in on the 'funny face' fun!

I always love observing how my kids act around their peers and I found it entertaining to watch Wyatt and his buddies make shadow puppets on the smartboard.

Wyatt's art he selected to be displayed for the art show

And the music show

They sang several songs and throughout the year, the kids tried out for different instruments to play at the show. I wasn't surprised to see Wyatt had picked the drums--he loves the drums and I am not sure if it's because my Dad plays them or he just loves the ability to pound on something and not get in trouble!

The song he played the drums for didn't have a lot of percussion in it, so he spent a fair amount of the song looking like this. But I can tell you he liked this much better than being the focal point of a song and having all eyes on him.

And then I look over to see Blake doing this....lovely.

After they performed all their songs, the kids in Wyatt's class each had a chance to bring someone out of the audience and teach them how to play their instrument. Emma, a neighbor of ours and a girl in Wyatt's class who has a bit of a crush on him (unbeknownst to him---more to come in the next post) picked Sadie and Sadie loved every minute of it!

And thank goodness she did, because Wyatt picked Blake.

Matt went up with Blake just in case he decided to make a scene and it was a good thing because Blake was a bit surprised by all the reactions he received and was a bit embarassed. 

I had several parents come up to me after the concert was over and comment on what a great big brother Wyatt is to Blake and how he looked out for him and helped him out. People asked me if they are like this all the time and honestly, they are. Wyatt LOVES having a little brother and takes his responsibility of being an example and protector of his siblings very seriously.

My new favorite pic of these two..

Wyatt also presented us with his Book of Poems from their poetry unit and there were two that I wanted to include in this post. It's exciting for me to see what Wyatt is thinking about at school and of course, as a mother, it warms my heart to see how much he loves Blake and to hear how he feels about certain situations.

At the back of his Book of Poems, there was a page 'about the author'. It had various facts about Wyatt but Matt and I couldn't help but laugh when the question said, "Where do you get your ideas for your poems?" and Wyatt's answer was, "My brain". Of course! We could just picture him thinking, as he read that question, "What kind of a question is that? Where else would you get your ideas?" Oh the poor boy has no imagination--just like his mother!!