Spirit Music Camp

Spirit Music Camp...a 2 week camp held in June and

they learned piano, voice, guitar, sign language, ukulele,

hip hop, and hula.

Cambria again, star of the show.  'We"

were scolded by taking kiddos attention.

Bobo wanted to do hula, so he and one

other boy performed in the hula dance.

I find Cambria softens hearts.  I saw through

one little boy who was getting in trouble

for being disruptive take to Cambria and

then that built a road for me to engage with him.

Most kids just want to be talk and be

listened to.

The camp was held in a church 5 minutes from our house.

Dev really wanted a solo and she got one!  She sang a

section from "I love the way you Love me."

 

 

 

I loved this moment with my three and the voice teacher.

She told Bobo he had a gift in his voice.  I hope he heard those words.

Lots and lots and lots of

practicing.

 

  

Things like this just touch my heart.  The end of camp they had

a raffle, Bobo had been waiting all day and there he was

in the front row, its the stuff that makes your heart hurt.

We had a "Hawaii" experience of making head accessories

out of Ti-leaf's for the kids to wear in the

upcoming music performances.

They are a lot harder than it looks, this sweet

aunty gave me the one she made for Dev,

I was pretty excited!

 

He got busy making sandals.

The first performance for the full weekend

was outside at the Factory Outlet stores

in downtown Lahaina. 

 

Waiting for his solo.

Bobo sang a verse from "The Creed" by Hillsong.  The

voice teacher wanted him to sing it high, she said he would

fit right in at the Vienna Boys Choir. 

Cambria enjoying Auntie Catherine and Uncle Lance.

Sabbath that evening.

I was busy trying to put together a wrist/ankle

piece for Bobo.

Being silly with Kimberly trying on my new dress.

Ready for the parade.

The next morning we headed back to Lahaina for the

King Kamehameha parade. 

Elvis was there!

I looked at my friend at the start of the parade as we were

walking alongside the kids and said, 'We are those moms."

The traditional Hawaii guy with the conch shell and...Elvis!

here we go

 

It was a bit warm but the kids did great!

 

Had to get Cambria in the picture as this was her first parade! 

 

Practicing for the evening performance.

Hip was first up...this was the Saturday evening performance

at the church.

Dev danced Hula so beautifully,

I really hope she will do more.  She has been

resistant to dance class but I think this experience

taught her the value of chorography and

she loved the dance rotations.

Bobo made us smile during Hula.  He didn't

know that dance perfectly but that didn't matter

to him.  He did it with heart.  Bobo wanted to

quit music camp several times.  The biggest

drawback to camp was the lack of

healthy and good classroom management.

Often, yelling was the recourse taken

to get kids in line and attentive.

Bobo did not like that atmosphere,

but we asked him to hang in there.  He also

received new shoes (pictured with the Ti leaf

accessory...which Bobo said looked a little

weird and I said no, you need to wear it.

I am sure he would not have said that

if aunty made his!  wink!)  Great shoes

can be a good motivator.  But I know he would

say he was glad he hung in there.

A Father's day prayer that evening from

the pastor of the church.

Next morning. we attended the church

for their service, it was Father's Day.

Dev got to sing an extra solo for the Hula.

I love when Bobo would do this big "dip"

and then raise his hands.

"Go big or go home!"

 

Asleep in the midst of voices and drums...

 

New experiences Rock!

Exposure to new things and realizing what you like

and don't like.  Being around others and then coming

home and discussing it has been good.  It gives us

a framework to talk.  Our classroom is protected in

good ways and so exposure to new things is noticed

and discussed because it stands out to our kids.

It was a good break for me and I have been

plowing through our family blog!  Thankful

for the time to catch up which means a lot

to me to be current in our life as I blog.

And we are now in the midst of another camp!