Day 301: Christmas: The Musical

Today was the Holiday concert at the boys' elementary school. Personally, I've been looking forward to this all year. It's my favorite thing that the kids do at school for a multitude of reasons:

1. It's shamelessly ADORABLE. 

2. It's a Christmas program. The school isn't afraid to allow the kids to sing Christmas music, without wallowing in fear of being P.C. Sure, they kept most of the classic hymns about Christ out of it. But at least they weren't afraid to sing "we wish you a Merry CHRISTMAS", like some schools.

3. In San Diego we were completely jipped of a music class at all, let alone a concert. So we appreciate it all the more. 

4. Watching the oldest grades (5th and 6th) is hilarious. The boys are way too cool to be up on stage singing about snowmen and the 12 days of Christmas and they are just mortified that we are all watching their cool meter dropping below 95. 

5. Since there's only one classroom per grade here at this tiny school, and 70% of the kids are Coast Guard kids, we know kids in each of the grades that sung. 

Calen's 2nd grade class recited a poem about building a snowman friend and keeping them in their house, and then sung (Sung? Sang?) Walking In A Winter Wonderland and even did a little dance to it. Calen was beaming from ear to ear the whole time and it was adorable. 

Love this picture. Calen and his two favorite friends (Spencer and Nick) all smiling ear to ear after their song.

Camden's Kindergarten class sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (twice: the traditional version and the funny version - "like a lightbulb!"). All the kids were wearing hand made reindeer antlers (which the antlers were their hands cut out) and red noses. Cam apparently took it very seriously because he didn't crack a smile at all until the end. 

Camden is so serious! I expected to opposite.

Seriously loved the overload of cuteness. One of those "that's so precious I think I'm crying" moments. 

Dressed to impress!

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