Miss Ocharovashka Contests 2016

Life has been super busy here and I just realized that we haven't posted in over two months. A lot has happened since then, so we'll try to catch up as much as we can.

Our family is doomed! Just like their parents, all of our kids volunteer and get involved in everything, big or small! February was full of activities at the kids' school, including “Miss Ocharovashka” (Miss Enchantment) contest for the Elementary School grades, the same one they did last year. This year our youngest three decided to participate in a true Kazakh manner (meaning with only three days notice!). They had to do a little presentation about themselves in a poem style, make a dress out of whatever they find around the house, and show a talent. For a mother of three cute little contestants it was a no easy task. Fortunately we saved Nika's dress from last year's contest, so I only had to make one more dress for the other twin, and Lina's contest was on a different day, so she shared the dress.

The only reason our twins wanted to participate is because they really wanted to sing a famous Russian song that they learned earlier in the month and were enthusiastically singing just about every night on their way home from school. And the only reason Lina wanted to participate is because she really wanted to play her guitar. These were the classroom competitions, and whoever won would go on to the school competition. I was really hoping that we would somehow avoid it remembering all the hassle with it last year when Nika won her classroom contest. Well, this year Lina won. I guess it just runs in the family. All the girls had the blast though, and we were really proud of them.

Lexa and Sophie, ready to start!

Twins with their best friend, Dariya.

They are just so cute!

Lina is waiting for the contest to start.

Their teacher really went above and beyond in organizing this contest.

Lina is playing Lizginka (a Georgian folk dance) on her guitar.

Fashion show

Coronation!

The three contestants with their awesome teacher!

Afterwards they had a tea party

Lina's class

Here is the video of Lina playing her guitar.