One of Ricky's favorite Christmas songs is Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer...as it was the first song he learned in English. When we realized this would be one of the the songs Derick was going to sing in his school Christmas concert, we listened to that song time and time again. Derick and Daddy would sing and dance on many different occasions. Derick even learned all the reindeer names and my favorite would be after naming them all he would say "Hit it!"... then continue into singing the song.
Well last night Derick performed his little concert program at preschool. The first song up was our beloved Rudolph. Derick stood the top of the stage along with all the other 3 year olds of the school and at first looked a little distracted, but once he heard the names of the reindeer begin to be played on a background recording...he straightened right up and started saying the names quietly...then the music paused...and then came the big and loud "Hit it" followed by a very loud rendering...well more like shouting from my 3 year old of his favorite song. His voice could be clearly heard over the other 29 kids on stage. Many parents around me commented.."Wow he really likes that song" or "He really likes to sing."
With that song ending, so did his attention span. For the remaining 5 songs he seemed to get a little stir crazy and was ping-ponging off the girls around him. Every 5 minutes or so he would run up on the stage and take a lap around the Christmas tree. While my sister and I just could not stop laughing, I was feeling bad for the parents of all the pretty girls in their Christmas dresses trying to be so poised yet being knocked around by my rambuncious boy. Several staff members of the school commented to me today how Derick was the little lap runner around the tree, yet reminded me he was only 3 and its always some kid every year. Well I guess it makes it more memorable. Would I really remember this down the road if he stood still and did what he was supposed to??
Well last night Derick performed his little concert program at preschool. The first song up was our beloved Rudolph. Derick stood the top of the stage along with all the other 3 year olds of the school and at first looked a little distracted, but once he heard the names of the reindeer begin to be played on a background recording...he straightened right up and started saying the names quietly...then the music paused...and then came the big and loud "Hit it" followed by a very loud rendering...well more like shouting from my 3 year old of his favorite song. His voice could be clearly heard over the other 29 kids on stage. Many parents around me commented.."Wow he really likes that song" or "He really likes to sing."
With that song ending, so did his attention span. For the remaining 5 songs he seemed to get a little stir crazy and was ping-ponging off the girls around him. Every 5 minutes or so he would run up on the stage and take a lap around the Christmas tree. While my sister and I just could not stop laughing, I was feeling bad for the parents of all the pretty girls in their Christmas dresses trying to be so poised yet being knocked around by my rambuncious boy. Several staff members of the school commented to me today how Derick was the little lap runner around the tree, yet reminded me he was only 3 and its always some kid every year. Well I guess it makes it more memorable. Would I really remember this down the road if he stood still and did what he was supposed to??
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