The sign-up board was full of lots of acts... mostly the kids. Charlie was really excited to put his name up. Ephram signed up to go second. Right after Kacin and Kyler's light saber duel in the dark.
Ephram was going to sing a Christmas carol in the Merry-Okee mike for everyone. At home he did it all day, usually marching and dancing as he went. However, on Christmas night a little bit of stage fright overtook him. He was still really cute!
Then Charlotte did some dancing for everyone.
Next we had some joke telling. Kids jokes are mostly funny because they are so nonsensical. The audience - also mostly children - was in an uproar over this one.
Charlie performed too. Of everything he could do, he wanted to sing a Christmas song. So I played the piano for him to sing. Andy was balancing Ephram, so we have no pictures of it.
Ephram's little friend Judah shared his talent - his ability to say "Christmas Lights".
There were lots of other acts too. I got roped into doing a lip sync of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" with the other three moms there. I was the reindeer. Yep, no pictures of that. (Too bad.)
Ephram was so happy to see Judah. He goes over to Judah's house a few times a week while I work, and Judah is his best friend right now. Ephram had been sick, and then we'd kept him home for the week of Christmas - so it had been two weeks since they'd seen each other. Ephram scooted a chair as close as he could to Judah. I think he would have sat in Judah's lap if he could. They sat and watched the talent show together. (While sharing food, clapping, and grabbing toys out of each other's hands.)
After the acts were done, the kids ran around and played for quite some time. There were rocket balloons at one point. I think chasing those things was the highlight of Ephram's entire day.
All in all, it was a great Christmas! We missed our extended family, but now that we have our own growing family it didn't seem lonely to be far away. We hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday!
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