Christmas programs and weird photos

Last week, both kids had their preschool Christmas programs. Reina's was Wednesday night and consisted of her sitting on the teacher's lap, jingling a few bells and quietly singing a song or two. Girl is not interested in the spotlight, at this point. After the program, the little kids had a book exchange and then a visit from S-A-N-T-A. Reina climbed up on his lap but then proceeded to go mute. She did manage to whisper "a horse" in response to his "what do you want for Christmas?" question but she didn't waste time on any small talk. Brother, on the other hand, climbed right up and filled Santa in on all of the details that he needs to know for Will's Christmas. All the other issues aside, I do love the look on Will's face when he sees Santa. He just lights up and has such a look of wonderment. This is a fun age.

On Thursday, Will's class had their program. We were sitting too far away to capture any good images, but he's the elf in the sweater vest on the left-hand side of the photo. He hated that outfit and threw a fit putting it on because it's "not cool! And my friends will laugh at me!" (I thought I had a good 5 to 10 years before I had to have that argument.) Glenn coaxed him into the sweater vest and corduroys by convincing him that it was a soldier's outfit and he could bring his sword (in the car). Clearly, it worked. Will did a great job in the program. He sang the songs and made an enthusiastic stab at all of the sign language for "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." The whole class sang the first two verses of "Silent Night" and their sweet little voices brought tears to my eyes.

Reina kept herself busy during Will's program by taking about thirty pictures of herself with my camera. And talking to herself whilst taking said pictures. "Say cheee Waina!" Don't you just love the interplay of gray and white to form an image that represents the bleakness of winter? No? Just me? I have about 15 more photos from that genre. Let me know if you are interested in purchasing any of her work.