Alvin, Alvin . . . AVIN!!!!!!!!!!

This year Miss Yeagley's kindergarten class performed The Chipmunk Song for the school 'Holiday' show. They began practicing weeks ahead of time and our little Sarah had the great honor of performing the role of Dave. She was very excited and she practiced and practiced at home. She practiced so much that Superdad and I would wake each morning humming the tune.

The performance was wonderful!!! I would really love to show you video - but once again, Supermom blew it! The day before the performance I realized my trusty 'purse' camera was broken. So I promptly zipped out to the store for a replacement. Smart huh? Yeah, until I forgot that I had to setup a bunch of stuff to get decent shots of kids. Uuuuugh. Here's what I did get . . .

Sarah dressed up as Dave.

We even straightened her hair.

Alvin, Alvin . . . ALVIN!!!!!!!!!

Um . . . I don't know.

But this does prove that I was there and trying

and I most certainly DID NOT forget my camera!!

Kate, Alexia (Alvin) and Sarah (Dave) after the show!

See that white thing in Sarah's hand? That's an icepack.

Why is Sarah holding an icepack you might wonder. Well, little sister thinks she should get to do everything big sister does - that includes being on stage to catch the 'snow' raining down at the end of the performance . . . as soon as Sarah's songs ended Kate took off toward the stage (as did much of the audience) ignoring my command to wait. I chased her and then got stuck in the mob of people - I was looking for Kate in the direction I last saw her and Sarah. I actually started to panic when I didn't see her anywhere. After 10 seconds of almost freaking out I found Kate and then I saw Miss Yeagley holding a crying Sarah. Evidently, Sarah, who was standing on the top stair of the stage, took a step back to make room for little sister and fell right off the stage.

She was fine after a few minutes and a few cookies.

What did I learn from that experience? I now understand why someone invented the leash for kids. I wonder if they offer obedience classes too.