Jonathan's Thanksgiving and Christmas Programs

Jonathan had his first performing experience at his preschool in their Thanksgiving program. His class dressed up like pilgrims. They came on stage and gathered as a class. Then all the parents got to come up and take pictures of their kiddos. They were SO cute.

Then once they came off the stage, they paraded around the room in a boat all together.

Once all the classes got their chance to parade around the room, all the classes came back and sang some songs. Jonathan was a little upset by this time and his teacher asked us to come and be with him while he sang the songs. He was able to calm down and do a great job singing. His favorite song was "Hello Mr. Turkey, how are you? Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble." Jonathan had come home several times practicing this song and he sure did a wonderful job doing all the motions too. We were so proud of him. Not bad for his first time performing for a crowd!

This was his placemat on the table. The school, 2 years old to Kindergarten, all helped in preparing the meal. It was stone soup, butter, pumpkin bread, and a fruit salad. Jonathan's class made the pumpkin bread and butter. He also brought in some oranges for the fruit salad. The meal was very yummy. This is one of the most popular events that the City Church Preschool hosts from what we understand.

In mid December, Jonathan's school put on a Christmas program. Each class came out and sang some songs and recited a poem or scripture. Each class also prepared a slide show of the kids in their classroom doing things. There was also a school wide slideshow before the program started.

Here are the 3 classes in Jonathan's age group. Here they are singing their songs.

After each class had done their part, all the classes came back on stage to do a school wide song.

Jonathan did such a wonderful job in his Christmas program. He sang all the songs and did all the motions, mostly with a smile on his face. He really looked like he was enjoying himself. We are so proud of him! We were not sure how he would do considering he wasn't very happy during his Thanksgiving program, but he didn't have any tears and really looked like he had fun. Way to go Jonathan! We are SOOO proud of you!

-Dina