My Children Are So Entertaining!

And not only are they entertaining, but they are incredibly adorable!!!

Tonight we went to Seanelle’s Kindergarten’s Music Program.  It was warm in the gym of the school.  I was extremely pleased that we didn’t have to listen to a long speech by one of the teachers, or the principal.  Instead, they had a couple of the Kindergartners ask everyone to be sure to turn off their cell phones in order to hear them sing.  It was great.

Poor little GaryTodd didn’t handle the heat so well.  Before the program even started, he was fast asleep.  The older children were excited to see how well their little sister handled being in front of the crowd. 

Since this was the first time for Seanelle to perform in front of an audience this size, we weren’t really certain if she would be shy, look scared, or just enjoy herself.  Of course, we all assumed that she would enjoy herself because she is all about having fun.  But we are told that Seanelle is quiet at school, and we don’t know that Seanelle.

(Uncle Nick was probably warmer than the rest of us, but who is going to complain when an adorable little creature chose your lap to sleep?)

 

Before the program was under way, but after GaryTodd fell asleep, Seanelle let us know she was perfectly comfortable.  She was sitting nicely, and found where we were sitting in the crowd.  She waved to us and blew kisses to her daddy every chance she got.  What parent wouldn’t love that!  She takes after her daddy.  She really knows who to play up to… 

During each song they sang (which had to have been at least a dozen songs) the teachers chose 6 or 8 children to come to the front to perform.  I was proud of all of the children.  They had never practiced all together.  There were 4 Kindergarten classes together for the first time tonight.  Each of them knew when it was his/her turn to go to the front, and when to return to the risers.  And although Seanelle kept blowing kisses and waving at her family, and mouthing and signing “I love you” in sign language, she paid attention and didn’t need to be reminded she wasn’t here to play.

Now I know why she was nervous about the performance, and why I had only heard a couple of the songs they sang.  She was practicing to make sure that she didn’t make a mistake.  And she didn’t.  I watched her very closely to make sure that she didn’t miss any words or get flustered.  She was awesome.

Here they are performing ‘The Macarena’ with the months of the year as the words to the song.

Oh yeah, and as an added touch, the kids that were performing got to do special dance moves that couldn’t be done safely on the risers.  The teachers did a phenomenal job with the choreography of the program.  And for the “Wardrobe Change,” the kids got to put on these sunglasses to make them more endearing to parents and grandparents (and so that we parents could bring out the pictures later on in life to embarrass them as teenagers!).

 

Seanelle didn’t disrupt the program at all, but took a photo opportunity during her performance.  She wanted to be sure that I got a good picture, I’m sure.

And how could I resist? 

At one point, I couldn’t get a very good picture of the kids (we had seats in the back row) and I just jumped up on my chair.  It was worth it, I got this picture…

 

 

This probably about the 5th time that Seanelle cracked me up.  She was enjoying the music so much that she started playing her ‘air guitar’ during one of the songs.  This wasn’t part of the act.  She was the only one doing it.

Why would this make me cry?

One other time that I was laughing too hard to get a picture was when she yawned REALLY BIG!!!

Oh… too funny…

When I had jumped up on the chair to get another picture without any heads blurring the picture, Corissa asked me when I ever stood on a chair during one of her performances.  (That made me laugh because Corissa has always LOVED being center of attention.)  But I told her that I didn’t have a cool camera when she was in school.  Which is true.  I wanted one, but was probably too self-conscious at the time to use one. 

Thinking back, I always made sure that I got a really good seat.  One time when Corissa was performing as a munchkin in a play at her elementary school, it made me cry.  I had taken her Great Grandmother with me, and I was so proud of Corissa’s performance.  She might as well have been Dorothy herself.  I don’t think she even had a line during the play.  But that didn’t matter.  I didn’t notice anyone else.  I knew that Corissa thoroughly enjoyed being in that play and I was so happy for her.  I have always been the gushing parent so incredibly proud of all my children.  I just wish I would have expressed it to the older ones.  But we live and learn, and I won’t make that same mistake again.  Not with just the younger ones, but telling the older ones when I am proud of the accomplishments they make.