On Wednesday, December 16, Mio’s Pre-K class had their holiday concert! They sang three songs – Hoy es Navidad (the Spanish version of Jingle Bells), I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas, and the American Authors song Best Day Of My Life. Their whole performance was adorable!
Afterwards, we got to enjoy refreshments with Mio at her classroom party.
August was a crazy month for us between closing and moving into a new home, weekend trips, and work, but here are some videos of the girls from the month.
Mio’s preschool had a special “Mom’s Day” on February 25, where mothers of the students could come about an hour earlier than the regular pickup time to spend time with their children in the classroom and see what kinds of activities they usually do, before attending the weekly Wednesday chapel that the kids go to before dismissal. I’ve always been so curious about how Mio acts in school, so it was fun to get a little peek into her life at school, and observe her in a classroom setting. My heart was warmed to see how excited she was to have me in class with her, excitedly showing me the toys and games she likes to play with!
Mio showing me an activity at preschool
She was so giddy that I could be there with her.
Can’t contain her excitement!
Mio’s class singing and moving to the “Yoga Clock” song — so cute!
Here’s Mio singing “Jesus Loves Me” on her own at chapel, but then she forgets the lyrics towards the end and gets stuck repeating the same part over and over. lol
Mio’s preschool had a Halloween parade and performance for parents and siblings to come see last Wednesday. All the kids wore their Halloween costumes, and Mio decided to dress up as Minnie Mouse, to mix things up a bit and she declared that her sushi costume was strictly “just for trick-or-treating.” Here are some video and photos I took!
Holding hands with the assistant teacher during the parade around the school.
As soon as she spotted Mirei and I, she tried to run towards us!
Sitting down inside the Fellowship Hall for singing.
Some video of the performances and the kids exiting afterwards:
The kids got a kick out of the inflated ghost outside the class.
Mio is quite the little performer these days! Every day she entertains us and makes us smile and laugh with all her dancing, singing, acting, and jokes!
Dancing with her wand
Twirls and spins
She loves being a “princess”
It was only a matter of time before she fell in love with Frozen…
A distracted alphabet song performance…
Let’s try this again…
Looking very 80s with this frazzled look… a result of her recent obsession with headbands.
She also likes to sing Japanese songs… though she doesn’t always get the lyrics right…
I helped her out a little the second time. 😉
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Encore!
She likes to shout, “tongue’s blue!” and show her tongue after eating blue popsicles, lollipops, etc…
She wanted me to join in this selfie.
Mio selfies: Smiles one moment, mean-muggin’ the next.
Mio’s funny video message to Grandma and Auntie Miwa who were in Japan at the time:
HUGE smiles when I made her her favorite California rolls for lunch. (Note the Mirei photobomb!)
Mio was playing with my socks here. She took of my sock and her sock, and switched them so that she put her sock on my foot, and my sock on her foot… silly girl.
Wearing a crab hat from a Japanese restaurant:
Pretending to be Max from Where the Wild Things Are: “Be still!”
Ready to star in “Singing in the Rain”!
Playing make-believe with her Minnie Mouse(s):
Donning her kitty earmuffs and a table runner as a shawl.
Climbing up on the changing table and pretending it’s her “new bed.”
Wild child!
Making a “diamond” with a DVD case:
“Orange tongue!” edition
Mustached Mio
It’s really a joy to see Mio’s personality coming out more and more every day.
