Ahren's Kindergarten Musical

Ahren's musical was last week.  He has been working so hard on his two speaking lines and rehearsing his songs over and over.  He even went up to school in the afternoons a few times to rehearse with the other K classes.  Thursday was the big night for the performance.  We were all excited...and sick.  I was in bed the whole day with some awful stomach virus.  Ahren started complaining of a stomach ache at dinner.  But there was no way either one of us were going to miss this.  I was feeling better except for some serious fatigue, so we went.  Ahren was a little pale looking but we didn't know if it was nerves or the virus.

We had told Ahren before the performance that if he started feeling sick, he should just walk off the risers.  Don't make a big scene, just walk down and find us.  About 3/4 way through I saw his face start to pucker up.  He was frowning and looked very uncomfortable like he was going to cry.  I caught his eye and motioned for him to come down.  He told me to thought he had to throw up.  We raced to the bathroom where nothing happened except more crying.  He then wanted to return to the risers to finish the singing, but they were already on the last song.  So, I practically pulled my crying Kindergartener to the car where I believe he was mad at me for making him leave.  However, it didn't last long and he was almost asleep before his head hit the pillow.

I felt so heart sick for him.  He really worked hard at practicing for this performance and was so proud to perform.  His speaking lines were done with such a loud clear voice and I was so proud of him!  It was sad that we had to leave in the middle.

He stayed home on Friday to recover and in hopes not to spread any more germs.  I'm happy to say he's feeling better now.  While we may not remember the songs that were sung at the musical, we will certainly remember the musical where he walked off stage for fear of vomiting on his friends!

Ahren chewing on his fingers (a new, bothersome habit) 

More finger chewing

A small smile

This is a short portion of one song.  Ahren starts to yawn at the very beginning, but does a nice job of covering it up :)

I love you Ahren and am so proud of the work you did to prepare for this performance.  I love that you take pride in everything you do and that you enjoy everything you do to the fullest!