Connor has been very excited about his performance and we have been talking about it quite a bit.  He told us about how many songs the class would be singing and he was adamant that we should be clapping only once in between songs.  Logan was excited for him that he had been reminding me to pick him up to watch the show too.  Stuart and I planned our day to ensure that we had plenty of time for it, but as I mentioned previously, the leaking pipe had forced Stuart to stay home.  I gathered my cameras to get to school and I arrived quite early.  I walked in to the classroom; the teachers and the students were getting ready.  Connor was so happy and came running to me, then he asked for daddy and showed a little bit of disappointment.  But he was happy again when I told him I would pick up Logan and return to watch him. 

     The good seats were all taken, so Logan and I tried our best to find seats where he could watch and I could film.  The class finally arrived and Connor had a shy smile on his face.  He followed the group nicely and stood in his position.  Unfortunately Connor was mostly blocked by the front row from where we were seating.  Connor was holding hands with his partner Alton as he was told but he was leaning against the chalkboard the entire time (maybe for security or something).  He periodically tilted his head to look for me and gave me a smile, but he looked a little bit scared initially.  But after a couple of songs, he looked slightly more relaxed, appeared singing a little bit and smiling most of the time.  I was happy to see more of him when the front row sat down on the ground briefly later.  Logan was a bit distracted during the show.  There was so many parents filming and someone was using a Tablet which captured Logan’s attention most of the time.  The class went through 9 songs (some very short).  There were not too much movement altogether, and Connor along with half of the class was mostly standing still.  But overall the show was still very cute.

     When the performance was over, the Headmaster introduced the teachers, and they all stood together for a quick group photo.  Then the surprised guest Santa appeared.  The kids were surprised and delighted to see him.  They took turns going up and talk with him.  Connor went up when it was his turn; he remained quiet but did say “I don’t know” when he was asked what he liked for Christmas and said “yes” to the candy cane.  He then came over to us and he almost immediately became more relaxed and back to his louder self.  We took a few photos in the classroom and picked up his gift to us before going home. 

    The video was not blog-worthy as it was filmed at a bad angle and you could not see Connor most of the time.