School Spettacolo

It is the end of another school year - so hard to believe!  We are thankful for this year and how our children have grown and excelled in school.  Luca has nearly completed his first year of "Scuola Materna".  Slowly, slowly he is learning the language, which was the major goal for this year.  He has one more year yet before beginning elementary school and hopefully by then he will communicate more coherently and willingly in Italian.

Each year the scuola materna has an end of the year program.  Nothing truly spetacular as far as programming goes.  This year was particularly disappointing as the kids did not participate much at all.  So there really isn't a lot to share in way of pictures or videos.  The school chose to bring in a magician to perform a magic show.  The children dressed up as bunnies and little magicians.  And the graduating children received their diplomas and recited a brief poem.  Luca was quickly bored with the magic show and soon after he spotted us in the crowd, inched his way over to us and wanted to play.  His "partner in crime", Ricardo, did the same thing.  Can't say we really blame them.  We left after an hour and a half and the program was still not over.  We had our final film discussion night so we had to jet out to get dinner before leaving for that.  Anyway, here are some pictures.

 The inching away from his seat begins as does his refusal to wear his bunny ears.

 The kids were all saying "Luca, move!" as he slowly passed in front of them.

 The only two kids who determined they would rather be playing.  Luca and Ricardo are two peas in a pod.  Alike in so many ways, that one day they are the best of friends and the next they are fighting.  Mostly though they love to play together and race each other in to school.

So many people there, but unfortunately we were unable to converse and mingle after the program. 

Oh, and right before we left for the spettacolo, Emma lost another tooth.  She is very proud!