I’ve always thought it was kind of funny when I heard that schools did kindergarten graduation, however, when my kid has been going to a school where she learns performing arts, I expect to see some skills at the end of it all. So, I was totally excited for Kate’s graduation.
They learned tae kwon do. In the first picture, they were meditating which Kate has told us is said, “Moy-en” in Korean. They did such a cute dance showing off all of their martial arts and I must say, that I am quite impressed with Kate’s push ups.
At the end of this portion, their teacher brought a board for each of them to break with their foot and then they were presented with a new belt. It took Kate a few tries, but she did it in the end. Their teacher told us they had never done this before so it’s pretty impressive that they were all able to do it.
The costumes for the dancing and singing were so cute.
They did a few more songs once they were dressed in their gowns. They sang, “I’m proud to be an American,” and someone may have got a little teary eyed in that one. Scott would have too if he hadn’t been so busy making fun of me and trying to catch the teary-eyedness on camera. When they got to the line, “And I proudly stand up next to you and defend her still today,” they jumped into this defensive pose that just cracked us up.
Each of the kids got to go up to the mic and tell what they want to be when they grow up. Kate said she wants to be a mom. Phew! I haven’t completely ruined it for her.
Before the whole thing Kate was giving me a run down of how things were going to go. She said, “After Miss Cynthie gives me a piece of rolled up paper, I’ll stop on the X and in case you don’t know why I’m standing there, that’s your opportunity to take my picture.” She gave me ample time to get her picture. I had to give her thumbs up a few times before she realized she could move on.
Congrats my little Grad!
