proud parents

Is that bad to say? Is proud bad when you've got great kids? I don't think so. We are just happy they're all doing well at what they enjoy and that they're happy.

Ellie began Kindergarten without the advantage of preschool, so she had a bit of a slow start. But she has made huge improvements and just received the Master Reader award for her class. Way to go Ellie! We're so proud of your hard work in school and at home!


Claire and Coleman performed in their school talent show a few weeks ago. Everyone expects this of Claire, but Coleman made his stage debut with his performance of Weird Al's "Couch Potato" which is the parody of Emenem's "Lose Yourself." He has the whole song memorized--it's quite amazing. He was a bit nervous and practically wrung the life out of that poor microphone, but he did a great job. Awesome Coleman!


Claire did a great job, of course, singing "Maybe" from Annie. She's been working on this with her voice teacher and remembered all the things she'd been taught. She looked adorable as well.


Now for the really exciting news. Remember this costume? Well, last night was the District finals for the lip sync competition. Here's Claire backstage before her performance of "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics.


And here she is showing off her 1st prize trophy! She won first for the solo competitors! She was very surprised because there were lots of very good acts. The boy with her is Nicolas who was first from their school and came in second in the district. She was one very excited girl last night! Great job Claire! We are so proud of you!


Sorry for the quality on all these indoor pictures. I can't seem to get the adjustments right. I am in desperate need of a Nikon class in Fresno--anyone, anyone?