Friday, December 21, 2012

Christmas spirit

Maybe this post is meant to be a little cheering in the wake of everything that happened last week, and indicate the completely irrepressible awesomeness of kids.

One of the things that comes along with the holiday season at the boys' school are a lot of concerts. This picture is from one Jamie did at a senior living facility nearby, where they were much appreciated. He also did a couple of concerts at school. We went to the one during the day, and they had brought the kindergarteners in to sit on the floor and listen. Since there are a lot of concerts and performances at school, one of the things they work on is sitting still and quietly and listening and the kids were doing a great job. Until they played Jingle Bells. As they got to the chorus, there was a quiet, but insistent sound of 5- and 6-year-olds singing along. The teachers laughed, but very nicely told them to just listen. It was all for naught though. They just couldn't stop themselves. They knew the words and they were singing along and having a great time of it, especially with "laughing all the way (HA HA HA!!)." By the end, even the kids in the orchestra were smiling.

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