Peace Festival

Every morning Henni and I walk Oliver to school and then spend about 5 minutes doing our good-bye routine (it includes a kiss, high-five, pound, exploding pound, squid, hot dog, blow kiss, hug, wave, and some daily additions).  Then we leave and three hours later return to pick up a swirling ball of energy, attempt to direct the ball of energy towards the stroller (bike,  scooter...whatever method of transportation we brought -God help us if we brought the car - that always brings the little Rocket to tears) and then spend the next bit of time trying to coax any bit of information about his day out of him.  Some days I am lucky and learn what he ate for snack, or what work he did at school, but most days - silence.  Needless to say I am not really sure what goes on when Oliver is at school.  I was, therefore, so excited for the Peace Festival  -- an all-school event where each class performs (his school's alternative to a holiday pageant -- focus on peace rather than the holidays).

Seeing Oliver with his friends and teachers he looked both big and little at the same time.  Part of me was so proud of his independence and another part of me wanted to scoop him up and go back to our pre-school days - the "carefree" days.

Oliver's class sang a song and then his class participated in two songs which the whole school sang.  It was super cute and I know the kids and teachers put a lot of time and effort into the event.





One thing I did glean from the event, Oliver's friend throughout the whole event was one of his teachers.  Davis and I speculated (read hoped) that the reason was he loves his teacher and wanted lots of snuggles, but the reality was that our peaceful little cherub wore his crazy pants and needed a little extra attention.

Speaking of needing a little extra attention - Davis and I chose the balcony seats as it afforded us the best view of the performance - bad idea.  Little Miss. I-Love-And-Seek-Out-Danger spent the entire performance trying to throw herself over the balcony (I think she wanted to get down and sing and dance with Oliver's friends).



performance trying to throw herself over the balcony.