"International" Day

I'm not sure how much you remember about International Day from last year, but it's a big deal at Collin's school. Every class gets assigned a country, which they study for an extended period of time and then, in the spring, they perform a song/dance number for the parents about that country. The whole school also sings lovey-dovey kids songs about unity, togetherness, friendship and the like. It's a nice way for the kids to learn about the world and for the parents to see their kids perform and take adorable pictures, as well as to be annoyed by other parents who do things like save the entire front row of seats.

Well, last year, Collin's class was assigned Hawaii. Bryon was pretty annoyed with Hawaii being designated "country" status but I told him to just roll with it because Collin looked cute and we just accepted that they were trying to focus on Polynesian culture. This year, Collin's class was assigned, USA. Yep, my boy may begin to think that there are no other countries in the world.

In all reality, he may currently know more about the USA than I do. He's been quizzing me about the Pledge of Allegiance lately, about the state capitals and about USA trivia like our National Tree. Did you know that we had one? I didn't. And it's not the cherry blossom.

The International Day Festival is just the cutest show ever. The kids in their costumes are so cute that I could just take them all home, so long as they don't make any noise and I can return them promptly to their parents as soon as they irritate me. I was quite nervous about this year's performance though, as Collin has been so terrible at school of late and I was actually afraid he'd do something horrible to make a spectacle of himself. I actually debated keeping him out of the show and having him stay home from school. Terrible, I know.

He did fine though. Great actually. I don't imagine that anyone will want to see the videos except for Daddy but Daddy certainly misses out by not being there. We missed him. Daddy, sorry they sing to the Dodgers.

He "participated" just as much as the standard kid, which is about 50%, so I'm happy.

The only weird thing he did, was start to take his shirt off through the collar at the end, and I can live with that. He didn't run off the stage. He didn't push anyone. He didn't pull any one's hair. He didn't scream or shout or do anything wildly inappropriate. Phew. Although, as you can tell from the pictures I've chosen to share, he is certainly more interested in flirting with Lainie than he is in singing, no?

My favorite picture of the day though is of one of Collin's friends. I love when you can tell a kid must've gone potty since they've last been with Mommy. Someone has a tucking problem.