Singing time performance & "Calm down everyone!"

I signed the kids up for a little community "singing time" class at the beginning of the year. Luke was going through a little shy spell and I thought it might be good to have him do something with other kids to prepare him to start preschool this fall. He has loved the singing time class and it has been really good for him. It's basically just a little toddler time class. They get to pick songs off the board, the same songs every time, and learn little actions or have little props to go along with the songs. It's been a lot of fun. At first Luke was a little shy and didn't even want to go pick a song off the song board, but now he loves it and gets so excited about the songs and isn't shy at all. His favorite songs to do are the Fire Truck song and the Grand Old Flag song where they get to wave around flags as they sing.

Technically kids are supposed to be two years old to be in the class, but Halle would get right into the songs and actions when I would take her along to watch the class with me so the teacher finally said that I could just sign her up, even though she was only 1 1/2 at the time.  It was really funny because she picked up on the songs and actions so quick! She is such an early talker and can sing along with the songs even better than a lot of the kids that are older than her in it! She gets really into it, it's really cute. Both of them have a great time doing it.

The teacher asked if the kids in the class could come to a little performance at a little fair Riverton City was having last Saturday. They basically did a little sample class up on stage so people could watch and see what the class is all about.

The kids had lots of fun doing it and it was fun seeing them up there performing. Grandma Lori, Grandpa Sheldon and Aunt Jamie came, and Grandpa Dave and Grandma Dixie were also in town so they came along with Aunt Jamie (Booie) and Uncle Kyle. I think our little group of supporters probably took up half the audience!

Halle is by far the smallest/youngest kid in the class, but she definitely knows her stuff, so it was super cute watching her, this little girl, up there singing and doing all the actions right along with the bigger kids.

Luke did great too and has definitely gotten over his shyness. But he kept doing the most hilarious thing. Each time one of the songs would end and the crowd would begin clapping for the kids Luke would turn to the crowd, and with a very serious look on his face, yell out, "Calm down everyone!" At first I had no idea what he was saying, but he kept saying it over and over, and I soon realized what he was doing. It was so darn funny, all of us were cracking up. But Luke was completely serious. He kept saying "Calm down everyone!" each time a song was over, and he would say it over and over until everyone would stop clapping. At first I think everyone else in the audience was a little confused at what he was saying like we were, but by the end everyone was laughing out loud and thought it was hilarious. It was really so cute. I don't think he's ever experienced clapping or an audience before. Afterward we explained to him that that's what people do to show they liked the performance, they clap. Then it seemed to make sense to him. Oh boy. What a funny guy.