Singing and dates

Today the kids practiced for their preschool Christmas program. Their teacher said I could come since I'll miss the real performance. It was so funny to watch Abe do all the actions and try to remember the words. And it was the first time I've seen him act proud to have me watch him in public so he was trying extra hard to participate. The little boy next to him didn't do a thing and the little girl on the other side has the most awesome piggy tails ever. She's a cutie! You can see Abe's pants were attacked by an orange marker. Even though his teacher had a busy day, that boy knows better than to clobber his pants. Last night I made him scrub it out with Shout.

Hannah was a jolly singer and kept remembering to smile and sing loudly. Half of the kids in her class were picking their noses. Now I know where Hannah picked up that habit. Yuck! The boy next to Hannah had an unfortunate crash with Abe on the playground which resulted in Abe receiving a gigantic goose egg bump on his forehead. Doesn't that little boy look thrilled to be singing?

Last of all, Jimmy took Hannah on a daddy-daughter date tonight. I've felt bad that the family stresses are taking it's tole on Miss Hannah. I can tell I've been more irritable with her and she has been having a hard time being sweet. So, it was a good thing for Jimmy to have one-on-one time with her. She changed her entire outfit for the date to Sonic to get icecream. They also exchanged our bag of coins for $46. Wow - what a deal! Abe had to get his picture taken with dad too so he wouldn't be left out. He and I wrapped some Christmas presents. He did a smashingly great job with the tape. I really do think one-on-one time with kids is a good thing!

Happy First day of Christmas!