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Friday, April 25, 2008

Children's Day Performance

Noah loved performing in the school program. It is a huge deal here. The kids get special costumes (as you can see in the pictures) and practice for months for the performance. In fact, they started giving the 24th off of school as well because the 23rd didn't end up being much of a holiday (with the performance and all). It was so fun to watch the children perform, and the costumes...the costumes were incredible!! The people here have such national pride and knowledge of their roots!

Singing...

Noah is a little hard to spot. Just look for the light hair. That's him!! He was too into his music to make eye contact with his adoring fans!


Playing their instruments.


We told Noah that when his performance was over he had to mail Gamma her shoes back!! We were teasing him about the Keds-like shoes that he had to wear for the performance! His instrument is called a melodica. It is like a recorder with note keys.


Some of the older classes did beautiful folk dances. We loved the costumes and traditional music!





I love this girl!!!


We took a few short videos. It takes forever to upload them, so hopefully I'll be able to post them soon!


Also, please pray that our camera fixes itself or something. By the end on the day it wouldn't work. We have tried everything, and are so bummed that we can't get it working. It feels like such an important tool that we use to share our story. I love taking pictures of our family and our life here.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Noah looks so grownup and handsome and of course lil Miss Callie is adorable where was sweet Lucy?
some of the women have their heads coveres some not whats the difference[religion?] Thanks for all the wonderful pictures look forward to them each day Love to you all
Ramona
hope the camera is fixable

Anonymous said...

Everyone is Muslim. It is illegal for government employees to wear head coverings at work. Thus, why some are not wearing them. In our neighborhood most women wear them, but some do not. It depends on what the family has decided. This country is not as strict about these. A interesting fact is that 50 years ago, nobody wore them. Now more than half.
Justin

Pat said...

I am so proud of Noah, he is so smart and talented also. Can't believe how much he has grown.. He is so handsome and please tell him to send my shoes. Love to all my precious children, big and small, Mom

Garrett said...

y'all are a BEAUTIFUL FAMILY! I love you blog and seeing your lives and all that you're experiencing. Thinking of you lots. Love, Garrett