We attended Aiden's First Grade Spring Music Concert on Thursday. Here was the "Program" line-up (although I'd much prefer to refer to it as an agenda) :
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"- okay, no problems with this one...what with plenty of sunshine and all.
"The Earth Is My Mother"- What?! All this time, I thought I was his mother.
"Continent Rap"- ??? It was interesting...we'll leave it at that.
"Plant Four Seeds" - You know, "when you make a row. One to rot and one to grow. One for the pigeon and one for the crow".
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"- Because happiness and harmony is what it's all about.
Aiden has been bringing home such interesting facts like, "They have to kill 17 trees for one sheet of paper", and "the penguins are dying". Now, I'm all for teaching the kids to be more conservative and thoughtful about the earth, but come on folks! Use less water, turn out the lights, just don't waste the resources HEAVENLY FATHER has given us (okay, I know they can't teach that, but mother earth????). In short, my child shouldn't be stressed about the earth imploding.
Anywho, other than my issues with the theme of the show, it was cute. They had their little hand actions and green, blue, and brown shirts. I didn't take video because Aiden looked like an ant or incredibly blurry on my best zoom. We have it on VHS and that's good enough. But here are some pics.
This was Bret's try with the zoom during the show. I think he needed to tap the button to focus it, but I was running the cam-corder and couldn't share that little tidbit.
Thise close-up I took before the show. 
On a completely separate note, we headed to the Gila Valley on Saturday for the temple open house. We went with our friends, the Shirleys. We ate at El Charro. I had never eaten there in all the times I'd been to Safford. It was yummy! We met up with some of my family at the temple and took a tour. We couldn't take cameras inside, but the decorating was gorgeous! I have a pamphlet with pictures, though. The color palette was much better than the Mesa temple...what a difference over 80 years makes. I couldn't get over how gorgeous the chandelier was in the Celestial room. And I loved the fabric on the chairs in the session rooms. Just a beautiful temple. 
Aiden needed a picture by his lonesome.
Gray tried to crowd that action, so Aiden schooched over so he could be alone again. But that didn't deter Gray...
Aiden needed a picture by his lonesome.Gray tried to crowd that action, so Aiden schooched over so he could be alone again. But that didn't deter Gray...My family all bailed, so I didn't get pictures of any of them. And we never got one with the Shirleys either...poor planning. But a good time!
5 comments:
Wish I could have heard Continent Rap. That sounds like it would have been hilarious!
Yeah, why didn't we get a picture all together? I think the 80-mile-an-hour winds made for a fun photo shoot. I also couldn't stop staring at the chandelier! So beautiful. Fun, fun.
Sorry. We thought you just wanted a family picture.
Had we been thinking, and not so hungry, we probably would have stuck around for pictures. Of course this is the way we are with pictures at everything. We didn't even think to take the camera we got at Christmas for just that purpose.
I was being a brat and told Ressa that I didn't believe in Earth Day. I was getting ticked off by all the disney channel propaganda. Of course she told her teacher, who told me later.
Ressa got me back later as we were talking about the stars by saying she wasn't sure she believed in outer space.
So you have me in tears for two reasons:
1) too funny with all the indoctrination at school- look what we are up against!
2)i'm missing being there, i said it- wish we could have gone with you all to the temple :(
Hee hee! Laughing out loud, I tell ya. Not AT Aiden, just at the thought of 'perfect harmony' and mother earth! HA! and, just for the record, you've offically offended all birkenstock wearers who read your blog. I'm sure there are loads of them.
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