The End of an Era

Kylee's award ceremony was Monday morning. She practiced all last week on a skit she was going to do. See, she got her braces on the day they auditioned for parts for their skits, so Kylee didn't have a part. So she planned her own skit by herself. I had a whole post called Trial Run of her practicing, but I couldn't get the video loaded. So here it is.
The trial run

Their school has really figured this awards ceremony out! They do it one class at a time in the library. It's really great so parents can get back to work and so it's very personalized. Their teacher announces the awards, and the assistant principal hands them out Kylee got several awards, lots, in fact, but I was most proud of her citizenship award.

After the awards were handed out, we headed up to their classroom for the skits. She didn't end up doing the nail salon. As practices went on, skits got nixed, people lost parts, etc., they needed a skit that could incorporate more than one person. Not missing a beat, she decided to do Bon Qui Qui. So now.....
Kylee's acting debut

The skits were fun to watch the interaction between the kids and Mr. Garcia in the classroom. Although he was strict, you could tell they all really enjoyed Mr. Garcia. When I wanted to take their pictures, he picked her up, tossed her around a little, and held her for the picture. Look at both of their smiles!

We've now come to the end of an era. Kylee McK will be finishing elementary school next week. She will go to middle school. We are sad and nervous, but most of all, we are proud of this girl!

(Mom Mom was there, too, but she left before the skits were over, and we didn't get a picture.)