Riding, Singing, Speaking

When the kids and I arrived home Friday afternoon Dallas was waiting with the tractor (having just finished the first grass mowing of the year) to give the kids a ride.

They hopped in the trailer and off they went.


This picture cracks me up because Dallas was jerking the tractor forward and stopping quickly while the kids were being jerked around as if they were on a bucking bull. You can see Tru's foot flying up in the air as Dallas takes off again.


Lin-Ley gets her turn behind the wheel.





























Lin-Ley is driving. Hold on tight Tru!

Today at church all of the children from age 2 through 4th grade sang two songs together. They did a great job. Lin-Ley is right in the middle to the right of Mercy (wearing the hair band).



This was Tru's first "performance". I had watched him in rehearsals for the past several weeks and he stood very still and did not participate at all.
Today he surprised us by not only singing but also attempting all of the choreography.

Tru is on the bottom row, third from the left (clapping his hands).


I tried to get all of the kids in one shot.


As soon as we were done at church it was home for a very quick lunch and we were off to Chinese School. Lin-Ley's class participated in a school wide speech contest today. They all recited a poem together then they each had a turn to recite individually.

Lin-Ley is in the middle (again) wearing the Sailor dress. She loves that dress (and so do I) but the song "Good Ship Lolipop" keeps running through my mind when I see it.


Quote of the Day:
"Everybody Clap!"
Tru Herpin
At the end of their second song in church Tru began clapping, yelled "everybody clap", and led the congregation in their applause. There were chuckles heard...