Ngoai actually came up after work and went to speech therapy with us. Then, we came home to chill while we waited for Daddy to get home from work. Once we arrived, we saw the food line was long so we walked into the book fair to look around. I decided I would wait in line for our meal while Andrew looked around with Daddy and Ngoai. During the preview party yesterday, Andrew looked at a few books that he might want, but I told him he had to wait for his daddy to buy it for him. Apparently, he chose The Polar Express, but Ngoai wanted to buy it for him. The line went pretty fast and we got our meal--Italian food from a local restaurant called D'Amico's. Andrew enjoyed his noodles with spaghetti sauce and some of our lasagna. After we ate, we walked to his classroom for the classroom visits with his teachers. They had put out our family pages for viewing as well as grandparent pictures that we had provided. Andrew was so happy to see his pictures!
By then, it was almost 7pm and we headed back into the book fair for the singing portion of the evening. They were going to have each age level come to the front to sing some songs they learned during their music class with Ms. Winke. When Ms. Faruolo first told us what was planned, I have to admit I had my doubts. I didn't think Andrew would go through his "shy mode" and not want to go in front of everyone to perform. The kids were going to perform on the floor in front of the stage (for safety reasons). We saw a bunch of kids already there jumping and screaming in excitement. Andrew was curious and wanted to go see what the commotion was about. So off he went and he mainly stood around and watched the other kids. Then, it was time for the two year olds to perform. Since Andrew was already there, I guess the teachers just assumed he was up there to perform. They told him to sit down with the others and handed out the rhythm sticks. And so he did. Then, the song started and sure enough, my little guy followed along and did really great. And then, they did the song again--I guess the first time was a warm up!? But I was so happy and proud! All the kids were so adorable!! We really enjoyed it! But when their turn was over, we immediately got Andrew and walked out since it was so crowded. And we wanted to get home sooner so Ngoai could drive home and Andrew could get to bed. We quickly went back to his classroom to say goodnight to his teachers and since they asked if we could come back to they could take a family picture of us.
It was a great night and I don't think I will ever forget Andrew's first school performance!!
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