We had Miriam's Christmas program tonight. She was very excited to dress up (she picked out her dress from her closet!), and go to her preschool and sing. We fixed her hair in hot rollers and she had cute bouncy curls, reminiscent of my bouncing curls when I was young. The performance was kind of chaotic - picture 30 two and three year olds (all the preschool classes were combined) up on stage, with all of the families watching. Most of the kids didn't sing (Miriam didn't), but they did do the hand motions and they were an adorable group, all dressed up in cute Christmas outfits. The room was pretty packed so we didn't get very close pictures of her, but we were very proud that she actually stayed up there with the group, wasn't crying, and actually did some motions to the songs! (We thought there was a good chance that she'd want to sit with us and not participate at all.) As soon as we got there though, she was up on stage with the other kids, jumping around, running back and forth between the stage and our seats. (As a disclaimer- the kids were supposed to get there a bit early to get acclimated to the stage/chapel, since they'd never practiced there, so we were comfortable letting her jump and roam around...she wasn't doing it during the performance. :) )
Here are some pictures, both that we took at home and of her at the performance:
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| Getting rollers put in her hair! |
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| Mario and his kids (notice any resemblance?) |
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| All ready for her Christmas program! |
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| Singing a little "patty cake" with Mommy to get ready for the performance... |
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| It's like a "Where's Miriam?" picture! (hint : bottom left, white bow in her hair) |
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| A clearer group picture (Miriam is in the bottom left, blue dress) |
