Connor’s Christmas program was on Wednesday.  The class had been practicing for it and Connor was excited to count down to the day as usual.  When we asked him on Tuesday if they practiced, his response was that everyone knew the songs very well and they did not need any more practices.  He sounded so confident and he told us that he would sing and would follow the teachers’ instruction. 

   I took some time off from work on Wednesday morning, so I dropped both boys off to school.  Before the scheduled show time, Stuart and I arrived at school.  We waited outside Connor’s classroom for a little bit, then all the children came out to let the parents into the classroom.  Stuart and I decided to go for a standing spot to video and take pictures.  The show began as the class marched back into the classroom.  Connor had a great smile and waved back to me.  Connor and the whole class did very well; they did around 7 songs and a poem.  They all sang and did their hand gestures right on beats.  They moved around to different positions without any issues.  Connor stared and sang to Stuart and I majority of the times, and he often wore a smile on his face.  He put his hands in the pant pockets, and wiggled the pants sometimes, but he always took his hands back out for the hand movements.  What a great performance it was and the parents were entertained well by this short program!  Afterward they had a visit by Santa Claus.  Each kid got up to Santa to say hello, take a photo and receive a candy cane.  Connor was so happy with the candy cane and immediately walked it to store it in his cubby.  After saying bye to Santa, the teachers instructed the children to say goodbye to the parents too and they quickly resumed their regular class routine.

    Logan had a chance to watch Connor’s performance on video today; we all got to re-live the moment again.