Q and U Wedding

Last Friday, in a beautiful garden ceremony at Elina's school, Mr. Q and Miss U vowed to spend the rest of their lives together.

Cute, right? (This is one of the many reasons I have come to love Elina's school!)

Every year the 2 kindergarten classes at Elina's school put on the Q and U wedding for the school. Elina's class randomly picked a Miss U and the other class randomly picked a Mr. Q. The rest of the girls and boys were in the wedding party and could dress up on the day of the wedding. This was a great opportunity for us to re-use the beautiful flowergirl dress Elina wore for Aunt M's wedding in Philly this fall. I was thankful she could wear it one more time before she outgrows it! Here she is with her good friends from school--
Here are some other cute pics. I love that Elina is all dolled up, but she's still in the woodworking center using a hammer and a screwdriver. I also love how Eli has his hand on Elina's shoulder during circle time. Eli always joins in during circle time if we're in the class.There are only 4 girls in Elina's class (including Elina), so her chances of getting chosen to be Miss U were high...but Elina decided to withdraw her name because she said she would be too shy. We were all surprised about it, but she said she just didn't want to talk in front of everyone. Oh well. So Elina's good friend, LG, got picked to be Miss U. Elina wasn't sad about it at all because she knew she could still get dressed up and that's what's most important after all. Here are the kids during the procession--


The ceremony was very cute. Elina's teacher oversaw the ceremony and declared that Q and U would share a wonderful life together spelling great words such as "quiet" and "queen." At the end, the wedding party blew bubbles into the air. It was great!
Then there was a little reception in the classroom. There were wedding-themed napkins and plates, as well as fancy doilies. The groom's side provided yummy cupcakes with "qu" written on the tops. The bride's side provided the juice boxes. It was such a cute little event to help the kindergartners remember that Q and U are usually together in words. It won't be until later in life that the kids will learn the other words that Q and U do not spell together (e.g., qat) in order to win games such as Scrabble. But for now the Q and U wedding will do.