Lila's Christmas Program

Lila's Christmas program was last week.  I was apprehensive about her performance for a variety of reasons.  Most of you probably don't remember the drama from last year. . . falling off the stage while doing the potty dance because she WOULD NOT go to the bathroom at school.  Thankfully, we have overcome that hurdle.  Second, while Lila's November conference was very positive in terms of academics, her social skills lagged behind.  She does well with peer to peer interaction  but rarely participates in movement activities, singing or any other kind of activity where she feels that she might be caught in the spotlight.  She doesn't fully participate in music class.  She is a self conscience girl!  We continue to struggle with ways to boost her self esteem. 
Keeping this in mind, we slowly worked Lila up about her program.  We got her excited to sing for us and she even mentioned, a number of times, that she was going to sing loud.  Lila Grace was thrilled to put on her pretty Christmas dress and even tried to sneak a tiara into the ensemble.  I dropped her off at school while she was all smiles and went back to collect Daddy, Grammy, Papa and a sick Adeline to watch her performance. 

When Lila walked into the sanctuary, she was still all smiles and even stopped to give me a hug.  She took her position on stage and continued to smile.   Here is a clip of her first song.



Needless to say I was thrilled.  Not only did I think she was pretty darn cute, she was SINGING!!  Better yet, she stopped mid song and gave me a, "Hi Mommy!" shout out.  Daddy got one too.  It was so cute. 

Lila sang each and every song.  She caught me mouthing the words to Frosty the Snowman and I got a quick frown, a point and shaking of the head.  It was clear that this was her show and I was not allowed to participate.  What really got me is that she stuck to her word.  She sang loud on a couple of the songs.  Never did I think I was going to be the parent of the loud singer.  It just isn't in Savannah and Adeline is incapable of projecting herself.  I don't find loud kids that appealing and, luckily, Lila only belted it out a couple of seconds during two songs.  For those few seconds, I was pretty proud even though I typically cringe when my she is overly loud. 

Here is a clip of my loud singer.  It takes about 20 seconds to get there.



Here she is with her two best buddies Vincent and Hayden. They have had the pleasure of growing up together.

Lila and her wonderful teachers!