Today was terribly cute. I was able to go to the elementary school in the afternoon for the Christmas play. Brady came along, as did my mom and Rae. Cher lovingly took the hit of being at the house with the babies so the rest of us could truly be present 💜 What a gift that was.
Here is your quick overview, unfortunately without pictures, because, other peoples kids.
The play this year was centred around the original Grinch story, and Laela secured the role she tried out for. She played the Mayor of Whoville. And she positively crushed it. She did a beautiful job, got her lines effortlessly, and got some laughs from the audience. It was a total success.
Waverly sang a couple of songs with her class, most notably Jingle Bell Rock. She had every move down. All the words. All the actions. She improv danced with a friend beside her, and they rocked their imaginary saxophones until the absolute last second, where the song ended in a back to back pose. It was SO cute. She performed like a boss.
Solly has previously stood up at the front during his songs, arms crossed, or just very very neutral, seemingly watching the audience. And this time around, he sang all the words, did all the actions, and then asked me follow up questions after the fact. He was super proud of his songs and he knew he had done well. He was much more “present” this time around.
And while Laela was our actor this time, Rowan was a star in his role. Like just about everyone else, his job was to sing with his classmates. Last year, he really really struggled to even get out on the stage. His teacher was amazing, and confirmed with me which performance I was coming to so she could encouraged him to at least be on stage in the ONE show. He doesn’t really care for the performance scene at all. Thats where he was at then. And this time – today – he sang every word of every song. He sang confidently. He did every action. He danced, and participated, and when everyone “sang” a song that no one was confident in, he giggled a little as he stumbled over the words. He was so much more comfortable being in that setting. As the songs wrapped up and the entire student body shouted “Merry Christmas!” Brady noted Rowan looked super overwhelmed. We know the face. He was trapped by kids. He couldn’t leave. He had to wait. It was loud and pushy and overwhelming for probably any of us. And we watched him go from clenched teeth to waiting patiently to being completely relaxed. Man. He has come SO FAR this year.
They all have. Watching these Christmas plays always leaves me so grateful for my family, as well as the school my children attend. You don’t find many a school who will still sing songs about Jesus’ birth, and I am so thankful our school still knows the truth.
It was a really well done, really cute play 💜 Amazing work, kids, both mine and everyone elses. And to the staff – you are all rockstars, and this could NOT have gone off so smoothly without you!
Merry Christmas play day, everyone! 🎄