At the McSpeert household we currently have limited use of the oven. Please see below for reasoning. I forgot how quickly toddlers can destroy a house. He is a little hurricane leaving drawers open and contents strewed though out the room.
Lately E has enjoyed reading to Henry which is phenomenally sweet.
He Ling, one of the teachers from YuChai, asked a few of the kids if they would like to perform a poem in a Chinese cultural even. We all said yes without asking enough questions. It ended up being quite a few late nights and practices some distance from home. Keep in mind I think 5 miles is quite some distance. We don't really leave our hood much.
I was actually dreading the day as she was spent and there were two performance at 2pm and 6pm. In the end it was an amazing experience. The performance was in downtown Bellevue and the kids opened the two hour cultural event reciting a poem and doing a little dance while May, one of their teachers, played a traditional Chinese instrument.
Elizabeth loved every moment and it didn't faze her that there were 200+ people in the audience. It is interesting to see the things she is nervous/anxious about and the things she is not. Performing on a stage in front of hundreds of people causes her nothing but joy. Save us all but she is made to perform. She was able to very quickly memorize the poem, the movements and when it was all over she asked if we were going to do this every weekend.
It was great to have her together again with her YuChai school friends and especially with her teacher.
Below is her teacher He Ling (who was a professional Opera Singer in China) along with her daughter May. We are so lucky to have found met these wonderful people.
