Red Writing Hood

Maxx's 4th grade class performed the play "Red Writing Hood" on May 25th.  It was very cute.  The video is really hard to hear, so only the most devout Lopez kids' fans should attempt. :)  If you really want to know the story, Maxx can recite the whole play for you.  Maxx was Agent Grimm from Fairytale Believers Inc. (FBI).  He's toward the end.

Piano Recital

Both Maxx and Abby had their piano recital yesterday.  They both did really well.  Abby started taking lessons in April.  She made a last minute decision to play in the recital, so she only had a week and a half to learn this piece.  Maxx's piece is harder than he makes it look.  Each "hand" has a different timing....good thing timing is his specialty. :)

Abby played "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter.  Maxx played "Linus and Lucy" from Peanuts.

Stomp

Abby had her band concert on May 19th.  She started in a percussion class this year.  Her group put together a "Stomp" project.  They had a great time!

Sorry, it's so blurry.  I'm not so great in the camcording skills!

Jack and the Beanstalk

Sofia's preschool performed Jack and the Beanstalk.  Sofia was the Old Woman who gave Jack the beans.  They had rehearsed it moments before the parents arrived and did fabulous.  Once the audience was in place things went a bit south.  The performance was classic and very fitting of preschool aged kids. We loved it!

Sofia and Hannah were the only two graduating onto Kindergarten this year.  We will miss preschool and Miss Jessica.  She is fabulous.  Luckily she's a good friend whom we see often.

I took pics while filming so they came out a bit blurry.

The lady in the background is "Grandma" aka Miss Jessica's mom.  She is the genius behind the play and music.  The kids love her!

She was done smiling and cooperating for the day. 

Maxx's Animal Report

Maxx had to do a report on the Mexican Raccoon.  The class invited families and other classrooms in to see what they learned.  He had to make a 3D image/habitat of his animal.  He had a good time creating his habitat!

We are still working on his "mexican" spelling issues. :)

Tournament!

On May 14th Maxx competed in the Arizona Super Challenge.  He performed his week old personal form. Still needs a bit of tweaking and smoothing out, but I think he did pretty good for just learning it.  And no the splits at the end did not hurt!

He, also, competed in sparring.  He received participation medals in both.

All in a Day's Play.. No All in a Day's Work...No Both!

On May 4th as the kids were actively playing, an innocent enough looking frog soared through the air and made his way to our sliding glass door.

The culprit...

The consequences of the culprit's actions...

 Amazingly enough the "tint" on our window held the glass together.  It's still connected.

The end result...

Since our bedroom sliding glass door gets direct sun until about 11 am and the room gets rather toasty, we decided to do a swap.  We took the door out of our bedroom and put it in place of the one that broke.  Then we replaced our door with the new insulated, energy efficient, blinds in between the glass, new door.  Hopefully, this summer we will be able to see a major difference.

P.S. There's a little magnet inside the frog - aka - the real culprit. :)

Ninja Blue Belt!

Sofia earned her Ninja Blue belt on Monday!  Just don't call her a Smurf-belt....she might use some of her ninja moves on you. :)

During her test still a Barney-belt Purple belt...

Showing us her front kicks....
(She had to learn her right side kick for this belt, but of course no photo of it.)

Miss Pozon awarding her her new belt!

Very happy...

Sofia's Easter

Sofia had a horrible stomach flu Easter weekend.  By Saturday evening it seemed like she was doing better.  Even Sunday morning wasn't too bad, but then....  She didn't keep anything down all day Sunday - not even sips of water.  We debated whether we would have to take her in for dehydration.  I spent half the night in her bed periodically giving her sips of gatorade. (I'm sure that wasn't dentist approved.)  She kept it down and was much better the next day.  Still it took her a few days to bounce back - really tired.  She didn't even ask for her Easter candy until Thursday!  Anyway, yesterday Maxx did an egg hunt for her, and she wore her Easter dress to church today.