Christmas Show

The week before Christmas, Trey had his annual holiday program at school. We had looked forward to this for a year because last year's program was so cute, but Trey was too young to really participate (they always find cute ways for even the babies to be in the show; last year Trey played, appropriately enough, a baby).

The shows are not always holiday-themed, but this year's was. Trey's class was Rudolph. It was supposed to be a surprise for the parents, but I found out about it by accident during a late drop-off one day at school (that and a teacher accidentally slipped, but we won't talk aobut that...). That was fine with me, because I'm not a huge fan of surprises anyway.

As Rudolph, Trey and his classmates were tasked with walking on stage and dancing to "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer." Not a huge task for Trey, the dancing machine, but I was curious to see whether Trey would be intimidated by the crowd of people.

He wasn't intimidated. In fact, he didn't care at all. We are going to have to work on his theater skills, because Trey faced stage left the entire time. He danced (or bounced), but his stage presence was quite off. But it was a pretty good effort for a 22-month-old.

This is not the greatest picture, but Trey is towards the right, in red antlers with a green headband.

Afterward, we went to eat dinner with Trey's friend Conner and his family. It was a fun night, all in all.

The next day, Trey's class had a special holiday lunch, complete with chicken nuggets, fruit, cheese cubes, cheetos, and juice. Trey of course went straight for the food he is not normally allowed to eat - cheetos - and gobbled them up until they were gone, leaving very little room in his tummy for anything of substance. Most of the other kids did this, too. Oh well; I guess it's the kiddo equivalent of indulging in eggnog and pecan pie at Christmas time.

Trey also doesn't normally drink juice, but we let him have it for special occasions (like class parties). He enjoyed the treat.