Josie's end of preschool concert!

Another year down. Josie officially finished preschool...for good! I have such mixed emotions about this. It's nice to be done with another school year (for her - the boys still have a few more days), but this means she's officially a new kindergartner and I'm. Not. Ready.

 

Josie is so many things. She's smart, she's sassy, she's confident, she's outgoing, she's funny, she's independent...all things that tell me that, not only is she ready to move on to kindergarten, she's going to OWN it!

 

She had a really great year in preschool this year. Mrs. Monserez (her teacher) is my favorite. I have absolutely LOVED the preschool that we've had out here and am truly sad that Sammie will never get to go here. We also found out that this was Mrs. Monserez's last year. She's retiring and said that this class is very special to her because it's the last class she'll ever teach. I can't tell you how much Mrs. Monserez has meant to us (particularly to Noah - he still talks about her). Josie's grown and learned so much this year. I have loved watching her progress.

 

At the end of every school year, the kids perform in a little concert. Last year, Josie was the standout star performer and I was kicking myself because I recorded NONE of it. I made sure not to make that mistake again!

 

While, she wasn't quite as much of a standout as she was last year, she was definitely one of the most prepared and loudest and entertaining kids (I'm serious - you can hear her over most everyone in almost all of the songs). I posted the videos of each song at the bottom of the post. I realize that you probably won't watch them all, but you should watch one or two - they're pretty short and Josie's pretty entertaining!

 

Here's Josie getting her "diploma" from Mrs. Monserez.

Josie and Mrs. Monserez.

Sammie was totally entranced by the performance. Justin is trying to convince me that Sammie will be ready for preschool this fall but I'm not so sure. Once my baby (my BABY) starts school, there's no going back. I know it's totally selfish, but I'm just not ready to let her go yet!

Me and my girl after the show. Love this little ball of energy!

Justin and Jo.

First song: Sing, sing, sing:

Second song: Down by the Bay (this is one that Josie really loves - she's the loudest voice in this song - this one is one of my favorites):

Third song: Counting song:

Fourth song: Miss Mary Mack (her voice in this one is also the loudest - if you can hear it over the stick tapping):

Fifth song: Our Sticks (again, that loud voice - that's our Jo - she's also quite the hip shaker!):

Sixth song: Rain Song (she takes an interesting bow at the end of this one):

Seventh song: Rainbow Song:

Eighth song: Oh Mr. Golden Sun (I like this one, because all the kids are just belting it out, but you can still here Josie's voice over everyone else for most of the song. Plus it's cute!)

Ninth song: Musical Instrument song (Jo knows how to get down to the music of a maraca!):

Tenth song: Square Dancing! (And if there's one thing that Josie does better than singing her heart out, it's dancing her heart out!) *Also, I should mention that we're really glad that we had her wear leggings under her dress this year - her curtsey could use a little work.*:

Eleventh song: Can't catch the name of this one, but it's short:

Twelfth song: Skidamarink a dink:


So basically, I have the best girl around and I'm incredibly glad she's mine! I love everything about this little diva (even the things that frustrate me sometimes) and am so grateful to watch her perform. I look forward to watching many more concerts from this young lady in the future. So proud of my little preschool graduate. Next stop: KINDERGARTEN!!