Veteran's Day Program at Myatt Elementary

Wendy told me last week that Gage was going to be singing The Star Spangled Banner solo at the program the 1st grade presented for Veteran's Day. The first grade choir performed several numbers, including a rousing "Grand Old Flag" in their salute to veterans.

I might have mentioned in an earlier post that he had been selected to the choir...largely because he knew the two or three songs that they were going to sing in the program. Upon realizing that he also knew the words to national anthem, the music teacher, Mrs. Chappell, asked Gage if he would be willing to sing it at the program and he said he would.

So, we were thrilled to see him make it all the way through the song without any problems. Could you? I don't think I could. I've tried to sing it a few times today and about halfway through it I start wondering if I'm repeating phrases that I sang earlier. He did a great job!

As a finale, all the classes paraded around the room (cafeteria) we were in, waving little flags...marching to a reprise of "Grand Old Flag."

More soccer with Zane

I still don't know what the positions in soccer are called...except for goalie. Zane was in front of the goalie in this video. He seems to march to the tune of a different drummer...not a natural, maybe, but fun to watch.

Soccer videos of Zane and Gage

I was able to shoot some videos of the boys playing soccer this morning. (I should explain that these videos are not shot using a real video camera...I'm just using my digital camera.) This is Zane's first year. He's on the green team, Galaxy. In this first video he starts out looking to the side while he runs down the field. He was probably looking for his dad or Gage. Then the play is over, but it starts up again very quickly, so he doesn't lose any momentum. There's a congregation of most of the players in the middle of the field, and Zane gets a foot on the ball briefly before the blue team gets control and they all run down the field. Zane keeps up with them, then loses his balance and falls down as the play ends.

I missed the first quarter, but Wendy said he played goalie and did a really good job keeping the other team from scoring.



In this clip, he keeps trying to find a way in, but just can't quite get to the ball. It looks like he gets tossed out the back of the group, but he pops right back up and keeps on trying!



I shot a few videos of Gage, but those kids are so much faster that it's hard to keep up with them; so most of the clips look a little jerky. This short one shows Gage, in green, kicking the ball and attempting to kick it again when a much bigger kid stops him short (looks like she uses a hand to the face in addition to a body block) and he bites the dust. But, you can see his excitement at the very end when his team scores.