Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Holiday Performance

I told Travis to skip the boy's holiday performance this year. He's never skipped it. He just got back from being out of town. Asking off for work wasn't something he wanted to do. Their holiday program is smack dab in the middle of the day. They offer it at 2 times 10 and 1. It lasts about 3 hours. I'm not exaggerating. Usually I have to take off work, and it lands on my finals week. Thankfully that wasn't the case this year. Sigh of relief!

My parents came. They had my youngest nephew Edison. I was worried that he'd get restless, but he was pretty good! He's used to being taken all different places where he has to be quiet. He has 3 older brothers, and one has Trisomy 18, so lots of doctor appointments, sports events and church that he has to attend.

Me: Edison Smile! :)


I got more cute pictures of Edison than my boys because when my boys performed the photos were grainy and dark.


My Dad and I have always been good at entertaining kids with very little things. My Dad used to make faces on our hands to make them talk, while we were in church when we were little. Ha! Can you tell I didn't pay attention to what the paster said? With Edison we kept passing back and forth nothing. We put that nothing down his shirt, and he'd pull it out the bottom of his shirt, and hand it to my Dad, then to me, then to my Mom, and it would get back to Edison. 

The next day someone sent me this: 


I imagine it's what Edison was picturing the nothing that we were passing back and forth to look like. 

Mica had his first band performance:


They played really pretty good! A beat of music played, while they played. I'm sure that helped them. When they missed a note I couldn't hold the camera still I was laughing so hard. I don't know why I think that's so funny! I guess I just have a twisted since of humor. 

After the band played the room got really dark. I filmed mostly, so Travis could see. 

The school got me with their last song. All the kids in the whole school came in to go around the gym. They all sang a song about togetherness. I cried like a baby. Travis is like, "Why didn't you record the finale?" It was hard spotting out our own kids + there were people standing up blocking kids + I was crying like a baby. 

I had the teacher's gifts. I made them little loaves of Banana Chocolate Chip Bread, June Berry Jam, Hot Coco. Mica and Isaak looked at me and said, "That's it?" I put in a gift card to Dunkin' Donuts as well. I said, "Just don't tell your Father." Travis always says, "I don't know why you give the teachers so much. My parents never gave the teachers anything. You don't get anything." I'm a college teacher. It's different. These kids get 1 teacher everyday for 5 days a week. 

I picked the kids up after their performance. They were so excited to get out early. Many parents swipe their kids out at that time. The kid's attendance isn't jeopardized. 

We went home. I said, "I have to get a good photo of both of you."


Do your kids, or did your kids (when they were younger) have a holiday program?

4 comments:

Theresa Mahoney said...

3 hours! I don't think I could sit still that long. The first choir concert Allison had lasted like 10 minutes. I was like WTF did you have us all drive here for for 3 lousy songs!? The Christmas program was about 30 minutes though since they also had band and orchestra performing that time too. I think 30 to 40 minutes is good for both students and families.

Mandy said...

Such sweet gifts. I'd love to try that banana chocolate chip bread you gave them. Yum!

Three hours is a long time for a performance. I'm surprised the kids onstage (and backstage?) didn't get antsy? It sounds like Edison did really good staying quiet during the performance.

Indah Nuria Savitri said...

we have winter concert at school but I was away so I missed it :(... But we have more to come I hope, including the dance!

~ Noelle said...

I also get the teachers gifts. I figure they work so hard for my boy with so little pay and appreciation.
This year, we gave his main teacher a chic fil a calendar (it has a card on the back for one free item each month) we also gave her an ornament and then a snowman /scarecrow we made at my mops group. His other teachers (like art, music, pe and computer) each just got the calendar.

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