We finally got to see your brother's first performance yesterday at his preschool's holiday program. He's been practicing singing "Jingle Bell Rock", "Frosty The Snowman" and "My Two Front Teeth" for the whole month. I was very surprised he knew the lyrics to all three songs, because I surely don't!
Daddy and Mommy got off work early to get to the gymnasium at the other campus half an hour early to find a seat. Well, we're not the only parents who wanted good seats. When we got there, the seats were 3/4 full already. We were deciding to either sit towards the left of the stage, or towards the back but in the middle of the stage. We opted for the left side. Luckily, your brother was standing close to us! Phew! When we got there, we saw several tripods with video cameras already set up. All family members either had their digital cameras or video cameras ready to snap and record the performance. Mommy was in charge of taking videos with my camera, and Daddy was in charge of taking pictures with his phone. Too bad we didn't have a decent video camera, as it was a little difficult to zoom when Aidan was standing towards the right of the stage during the big group song at the end of the performance. I think it's time to invest on a good video camera. We actually bought a video camera 5 years ago when your brother was born, but never really used it.
The performances from all classes were great! The older kids, 4- year olds like your brother, all knew the lyrics to the songs. I was surprised the younger ones were singing super well, too. Only two crying 2-year olds were on stage, but they were just super cute. No one minded their crying at all. There were four classes, and each class performed 3 songs. At the end, the whole school, teachers and students, went on stage to sing the school song, "Monticello School". It was a lovely performance. I'm looking forward to many more of these performances, now that your brother is old enough. It was a lovely occasion to kick off the holiday season.
Here are the videos I took with my small digital camera. They are not of the best quality, but you can still see Aidan. For some reason, the first song, Frosty the Snowman, was not recorded. Weird!
Love,
Mommy
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