Rachel's School Christmas Musical

Rachel sitting with her class; 5th from left on the TOP row.

Rachel with her class about to sing their song.

Last Friday was Rachel's Christmas Musical. We were all so excited about it and Rachel had been practicing new songs for a few weeks. She was told to wear her "Sunday Best" and all parents/grandparents/siblings were invited to attend. We were fortunate enough to have Gege, Papa and Pop join me, Nick and Bradley. (Nana wasn't able to come since it was in the middle of the day.) The musical was great...each class sang their own prepared song and there were a few kids who were picked to wear costumes and have a small nativity scene. All the kids looked so cute and the ones who were dressed for the nativity were either standing there looking scared or taking off their costumes. The production was only about 30 minutes long...just long enough for the kids to sit there before getting too restless. Rachel did a great job of sitting with her class and waiting for her turn to sing. I was also very proud of Bradley because he was so good and patient during the hour that he sat on the pew at church. I had a few chocolate bribes to keep him going, but he did really well. When the first group sang, he did look at me with a grumpy face and say, "Not sing". I knew he was trying to tell me that he didn't want the kids to sing, but thankfully Nick told him to stop and he did. Little Bradley's always trying to gain a little control over any situation. :)

Once the play was over, we all went to Cracker Barrel (Rachel's choice), where we had to wait a LONG time for our food, but it was good. It was a really fun day and I was so touched to hear all those sweet little voices singing Christmas songs. It was a nice way to get even more into the Christmas spirit!