During the first week of January, our boys auditioned for the elementary school talent show. They sang "Daddy's Homecoming" while Eric accompanied on the clarinet. C-U-T-E, right? After we found out that we had made the cut (I'm not sure that it was a very big cut, but we were satisfied nonetheless!), we practiced nightly for four weeks. As the talent show approached, however, so did the barrage of snowstorms. The show was postponed for three weeks--and so we continued to practice.
After the seventh week of rehearsing this song (nearly) every night, we had depleted an entire Costco bag of M&M incentives (10 candies per boy per run-through--it was a lot of counting). The boys got new matching shoes, slacks, shirts, ties, and haircuts--we were ready! Then on the day of the dress rehearsal, Jacob brought home this note:
(For those of you rusty on your kindergartenese, "taint sowe is cansold" = "talent show is cancelled." And isn't the artwork a hoot? Jacob writes me letters every day during quiet time--yesterday he wrote "to Mom," then all the numbers from zero to 100, then "thanks for playing with me." It makes my day to find these notes! But I digress...back to the story.) Sure enough, it had been rescheduled again! This time, however, the show was rescheduled for the weekend that Eric and I have planned to look at homes in Wisconsin. So I emailed the coordinator and let her know that we can't be there.
We couldn't let all that effort end without a celebration, however, so we invited my family over for our own little night o' talent. We had pizza and ice cream sundaes,
games and goofiness,
and of course the performance, which turned out to be slightly sillier than some of our better practice sessions, but I love the video anyway:
It was probably even better this way--we didn't need to arrive early, dress up, or worry about a little tumble off the bench. Plus, the boys had a room full of adoring fans, and isn't that just what we all need?
8 comments:
That's Lauren's favorite song too! Great singing, boys!!! Too cute!!!!!
P.S. How come Adam wasn't singing? I mean, with 7 weeks of practice it seems like you could have got a few notes out of him! :)
Is that Dad's voice in the background?! Such a fun song, its one of Maddie's favorites too.
*teary eyes*
How cute! I love when you plop Michael back on the bench mid-performance. What a stage mom, sheesh! J/K, your boys are clearly cute and talented, a winning combination.
SO cute! Thanks for sharing! :) I thought you guys were going back to Utah....but you're househunting in Wisconsin? Also, one question for you (totally off the subject)...did you take your kids to the Match Day Brunch, or do you think it's better to enjoy it with just the 2 of you? I've obviously never been to a Match Day Brunch before so I'm wondering how kid-friendly they are,etc. :)
We love that song, and I love your stage! First place performance in my book! How fun to celebrate and perform for the family. Is it really already time for you to move to Wisconsin?
That is so cute!!! And really too bad that they couldn't do it at school! Good luck house hunting!
CUTE!
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