Pre-school concert

Grayden had his first ever concert with his pre-school yesterday evening. I had to drop him off by 4pm and we could not see him till 8pm, after the concert. I was very nervous of how he would do being away from us in the evening hours for that long. Kids tend to not do so good in the evening. I was so emotional the rest of the day, anticipating the concert.

The concert was held at one of the girl's schools here in Singapore in the auditorium. We walked in and there was probably like 200 or more people there, wow. The stage was huge and way off of the ground. Stage, toddlers, high, oh my!! I had been holding the tears back all day, and it was hard to not just let go. My baby boy was going to be dancing on a stage at two years old!! The main reason for the concert was for the graduating kindergarden class, who is going onto the first grade. These kids that were graduating were so bright, and outgoing. They had no problem getting on the stage and talking about their experiences, good times, teachers, and future to come. I do not ever remember having to talk in front of a bunch of people to get my diploma, never. I would have been so nervous, I give these kids so much credit.

Next was the start of the concert, the theme was Children of the World. This pre-school has about six different locations around Singapore. Grayden's and the one that is about a mile down the road from his were both involved in the concert. There were about 15 groups that were performing different cultural dances. They had dances from the U.S., Poland, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Mexico, China, Native American, Hawaiian, and Argentina. Every group did their dance so well, and had lots of fun. There were of course a couple kids that just stood there frozen, stage shock I guess. We had to wait till the very end to see Grayden's Toddler group, I couldn't wait any longer. Ah, finally they are here. They look adorable, where is Grayden? He is not there. Oh wait there he is in the back, he is coming up front!! He did so well and remembered all his dance moves. He came up front on the end to show everyone. I was so proud of him, he did so well. He was looking around for us in between his moves. They performed two dances one was a Chinese dance the other a Hawaiian. Oh, I had to hold back the tears, they were so ready to come out. I can not explain the wave of emotion I had seeing my little guy up on stage doing so well. Being a Mom is filled with so many wonderful emotions, and memories.

After the show was over they released the children. We got Grayden and he was happy to see us. A little worn out and sweaty from the dancing. He did not want to have any more pictures taken that was for sure. We did take some pictures, but we were far away. I will post them when I get a chance.