Kids' Music Recital

A friend from church teaches a basic music class once a week for 3-5 year olds. This past Saturday was their recital. The kids sang songs about the different seasons---Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Autumn Time, Pumpkin Pumpkin on the Ground, Once There Was a Snowman, & Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Oh, and Do As I'm Doing with the audience. It was so cute. They did a good job. The funny part was that we could hardly get Matt to practice during class. He wanted to play with toys or sit in my lap the whole time. But at the recital, he was the ham.

Zack the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

This instrument is called a Boom Whacker. Each one is a different length and plays a different note when you hit it against something. The kids were supposed to be hitting it against the tip of their shoe, but Matt decided to hit himself in the head(yes, through the entire song).

This is the aftermath of Lauren getting out her own rhythm sticks and hitting big brother in the head with them. Of course this was right in the middle of the recital. That's me behind Matt going to retrieve the sticks from Lauren. I was supposed to be helping out on stage as crowd control, or 'kid control'. Apparently I wasn't doing a good enough job. ;o)

Here they are playing the jingly instruments and singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Again, Matt is hitting the instrument against his head.

This one is Wheels on the Bus. Toni, the kids' teacher, was trying to get the kids to sing loudly so everyone could hear them. About half-way through the program, Matt & the little girl next to him started going back and forth, "I sang that one the loudest! No, I sang it the loudest!". Even started sticking their tongues out at each other. This kept on until the next song started. LOL!

Here's a video of the kids singing Rudolph. This is the only song we got on video. I wish we'd recorded the whole thing. The screaming/singing you hear is Matt. He's on the left in the red coat with the black and red scarf. Listen for the finale. Too funny! :o)