Tonight, our family attended the kids' Christmas program for their school - it had to be rescheduled due to the blizzardy weather we had at Christmas time. All four of the kids were in the front row of each of their classes, so it was easy to see them.
First on stage was Silas with his Kindergarten class. He was front and center, and so confident! It was wonderful to watch him sing. Even when the other kids started singing at the wrong time or forgot to come in at the beginning of a phrase, Silas got right in there and wasn't phased by the mistakes.
After another class sang, Gavin went on stage with his class. He reminded me of what I would imagine Sam would have been like as a second-grader. Gavin can be so goofy, but when he gets on stage, he's all business. I could tell on a Spanish song that he was trying hard to do a genuine accent.
Cambria's fourth-grade class and Kinson's fifth-grade class did no singing. Their classes played songs on their recorders. Cambria played the soprano recorder. She took the first few minutes onstage to look around and find Sam, Eliza, and me in the audience. Once she found us, she looked quite a bit more comfortable being there. She is such a beautiful girl! I curled her hair and painted her nails, so she felt pretty. Eliza was very excited to see her big sister up there!
Kinson played alto recorder and was clearly leading the other altos. He is just as comfortable talking to a friend as he is on a stage. I saw Kinson, dressed in his Sunday best, and flashed back to his Kindergarten Christmas program. He looked just the same, but this time he combed his own hair (which looked very nice). It's so difficult for me to comprehend that five years have passed so quickly.
I love elementary school music programs. Small children are so innocent and curious about life, and their personalities show so freely. It brings me joy to participate in their enthusiasm. And sharing their talents is a fantastic way for them to transfer that enthusiasm. It inspires me to want to be more enthusiastic about the things I do.
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Unrelated to your post (which was great, by the way - you're a good mom), what do you do in this business you run? I just noticed that your profile says you work from home. I am curious.
Thanks Rachel, for writing how I too felt about last night. It's very enjoyable to see how different each of the kids are and how it comes out on stage.
Isn't it fun to watch them? These little people that are becoming bigger people and figuring out who they are. It's a joy to be a mom, even with all the hard parts.
What song did Gavin's class sing in Spanish? Casey's class sang Mi Hombre de Nieve (Frosty the Snowman).
When Casey was in 1st grade he was in the front row singing his little heart out with his zipper as wide open as a zipper can be. We took a video of it and were worried about what his reaction would be when he noticed (by the time we noticed it was too late to do anything!). When he saw the video he laughed his little first grade head off about it. I was so relieved! The hard part about being a mom is worrying about your kids having to be embarrassed or nervous about things!
Thanks for sharing!
That's really cool. My kids have never participated in a Christmas music program at their schools. We ALWAYS had music programs growing up. I think my older boys missed out (I know they would state the contrary). They don't even know what it feels like to be on a stage and perform--well I guess Spencer was in band last year and had two concerts, but it's a good experience for one and all, even if they aren't the best singers, don't like to sing, or even if they feel like throwing up or wetting their pants because they are so scared to be up there.
Sorry, Andrea, that I haven't answered your question in forever.
Philips Lifeline is a company that makes personal monitoring/alert systems for the elderly and handicapped. I am a sort of contact person for their company here in Eastern Oregon. (Thus, the name Lifeline of Eastern Oregon.) I'm basically the person who is in charge of installing the units into the customers' homes, entering their personal information into a database, and billing them. The main company takes care of the calls whenever people press their personal help button which accesses the phone operators.
I took over this business in May. It was bought by Sam from a friend of ours who didn't want to deal with the hassle. This friend had bought it from someone else we knew who died suddenly. It dropped into our lap in a way that is so unusual that I can only figure that the Lord had a hand in it. I've never had a job like this before, but it has given me so much experience talking to strangers - on the phone and in person - that I am gradually learning to get over my social phobias. It will take a REALLY long time, but it is obviously something I need to learn.
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