Just Two Songs

So Friday night was Gabe's Christmas Program at preschool. His second stage performance (1st one was at the preschool graduation ceremony last May when he "sang" Twinkle Twinkle Little Star). For the Christmas program, his class sang Dashing Through the Snow and Ten Little Angles (to the tune of Ten Little Indians). Grandpa and Grandma Ochs made the trip to Evansville to watch our little singing star get a slight case of stage fright. Not only did he decide not to sing, but he wouldn't shake the jingle bell given to him...you can see it on the floor next to him, and he covered his face so no one would see him. I wasn't the least bit shocked though and was quite proud anyhow!

Of course, the onery little terd has sang his songs at least a dozen times since the program but he just wasn't in the mood that evening.

Afterwards, in true 2-year old form, he was back to normal...and after a good 20 minutes of singing and another 30 minutes of an art auction, he opted to lie on the floor for a bit. Someday, I'll show him this picture to remind him what being a PATIENT parent to a young boy is all about.

After the program, we came back to our house to have some birthday cake with Grandpa. We made him his favorite...the yellow cake with jello in it and cool whip on top! Yum! Kendra also got her gift that she'd won at the St. Thomas breakfast with Santa last weekend. Who'd of thought she'd love it this much...she's not really into dolls all that much yet. She didn't particularly care for someone else trying to play with the "doggies" though. Those were her favorite.