Every year, the girls' daycare puts on a holiday show for their family and friends, held at a local high school.

The 2011 show was held on December 15th and was Kayleigh's first performance. It went about as well as Abby's first performance, where she just stood on stage and stared at the audience. The enormous stage and an auditorium full of people ooh-ing, aah-ing, and laughing as little toddlers march onto the stage dressed in holiday garb was overwhelming, so stage-fright froze her. Still, for the toddler class, it's not really about how well they perform, but how cute they looked. And our Kayleigh was adorable! You'll see her as the 4th kid from the right, dressed in a black and white dress with a red ribbon around the waist.

The teachers put each kid in a Santa hat and they rang bells and danced to "Jingle Bell Rock." (Apparently, Kayleigh is one of the most enthusiastic dancers during all rehearsals leading up to performance night. You would have never guessed!)



Abby's Pre-Kindergarten class sang and danced to Mele Kalikimaka - a Hawaiian Christmas Song. Then, without music they sang Silent Night a capella and performed it in sign language. We thought all the kids in this class did a fantastic job. It's hard to imagine how much she's matured in just 2 years, when SHE was the one who stood on stage as a toddler, frozen by the newness of the experience.