Jon and I decided to forgo pictures and video of the Christmas program, instead we just enjoyed the moment. They combined both 3 year old rooms to sing four songs in the school gym, which meant there were parents of 30+ children sitting on the (peed on puked on) gym floor.
They brought the kids out and lined them up on little pieces of tape. Alex was right in front of us and frantically looked for us. We yelled and waved but he was too distracted by all the people. Eventually he saw us but a smile never happened, which we took as a bad omen. Nate was on the other side of the gym and as soon as he spotted us, he jumped up and down and cheered.
The singing started and OH MY, if you have never been in a room of 30+ 3 year olds SHOUTING Christmas carols at you, you must run and do this immediately. I was giggling so hard I had tears in my eyes. I've seen a lot of cute things in my life but this takes the cake. Some kids were shouting, some kids were dancing, some kids were singing, and there were quite a few kids crying.
After the first song, Alex broke down into hysterics and ran to sit with us. He eventually got brave enough to go back out there, but he just stared at the ground pouting and waiting for it to be over. Afterwards he told us he was really scared because there were so many people and they were "all looking at me!"
On the other hand, Nate sang and sang and sang. He was beaming when people cheered. After the program, he ran over to us and said, "Did you see all those people cheering for ME!" All night he talked about how everyone cheered for him because he did such a great job.
Pretty much what we expected, except I had no idea it would be SO SO SO CUTE!
7 comments:
I agree that the tiny ones singing has to be the cutest thing ever! I cried during my 2 year old's performance - she too sang and sang and sang!
Aw, sounds so cute and I have seen kids react both like Nate and like Alex so it is even cuter that you had one of each. And although I completely understand why you ditched the photos and video, I must say Jadyn is going to be disappointed. LOL!
I love that your boys are so different from one another. You really do get the full spectrum of parenting all at once, and because you blog, we get it too. I can't wait to see what Nate and Alex turn out to be when they grow up.
How cute! I guess this is one of the things we'll miss out on homeschooling. Oh well, maybe once little sister is bigger they can sing songs for us! (So weird saying sister! Anyway, Nate sounds JUST like Elijah, and Alex reminds me of my nephew, who's a little more timid.
Lana's preschool graduation had singing/shouting last spring and I about peed my pants laughing. Lana of course did not participate, as this is her M.O. when one of us are present.
It is so interesting how your boys reacted so differently to the concert. I can totally see Alex's point about how everyone is looking at him! It must be intimidating, unless you are a ham like Nate :)
You're smart to give up all the photos/recorders to enjoy the performance. I often say my husband only remembers our vacations because he only takes so many photos. He's so busy taking photos he doesn't experience anything.
That had me laughing outloud at the visual. Too cute. And I've finally realized Alex is my Jessica and Nate is my Sarah. I can picture it all too soon. Love it and thanks for sharing.
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