Last night was the Christmas concert at Charles’ day care. Corwin isn’t there full time since he started kindergarten so it was just Charles, although we made Corwin come along so that he could watch his little brother.
The program is just a few songs sung by each class. Charles was with the toddlers and at least he didn’t start screaming in the middle of the event (a couple of the 2 year olds had to be carted off). But as far as I could tell, none of the toddlers actually sang, although a couple of them did wave their star wands and jingle bells randomly. Charles was in full catatonic mode. I’m sure he was thinking “what is this? It doesn’t look like a car. It’s not even a truck. And those sounds they want me to make — those certainly don’t sound like a car. Maybe if I’m quiet and good they’ll give me a car later”
It worked out for Charles. After the concert there was punch and cookies in the next room. While Corwin foraged like a starving boy Charles wandered among the toys and found a big fire engine! So a good time was had by all.