Clayton's Concert

I have SO much to post about and the trick is knowing where to start. First, we had been computer-less for about a week, which was kind of nice but it's pretty great to have it back. (What did we do before email!?!) Second, my 30th birthday ROCKED! I think 30 is going to be pretty awesome. Third, Vanessa and I went on an amazing road trip to Boston! I have so many pictures of that trip and I plan on doing that in my next post (so you have something to look forward to). But, what I decided to start with is Clayton's concert!

I know I've mentioned before how much I love Clayton's school. The class sizes are small, the school is so open and parent-friendly, the teachers (especially Clayton's) are wonderful and loving and very accessable, and they love to give the kids opportunities to showcase themselves! Last night they had a concert for grades K-2. Each grade level sang a few songs and then they sang two songs all together. Even though we didn't find out about this concert until the day before (thank you Clayton, for never bringing paperwork home), we were all really excited to go. Clayton was excited to be the center of attention, Noah was excited to 'go to school', Josie was excited just to get out of the house, and Justin and I were excited to see Clayton perform.

So, without further ado, here is a clip from the concert - I'm NOT a videographer so if you get motion sick, you may want to skip it. It's about 6 minutes long, so you don't have to watch it, but it's pretty great (says the biased parent):

Justin's favorite song of the night: The Cat Came Back. My favorite: Tingalay-oh. Noah's favorite: BINGO. Clayton's favorite: Magic Penny (which we didn't record, but it's his favorite because, 'it's the shortest').

Clayton is in the front row on the far right. Yes, he is wearing snow boots. He had left his shoes in his classroom and there wasn't enough time to grab them before the concert started. Ah, my little Napoleon Dynamite...

Noah just looks so into the music here. What a great audience!
After the concert we decided to celebrate Clayton's musical debut with ice cream at Friendly's.
Clayton knew that he wanted chocolate ice cream with M&M's in it.

Noah wanted chocolate ice cream in a cone. He didn't eat the cone, but he was pretty happy with his choice. I now present to you the BEST. PICTURE. EVER. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Joker:
Josie was pretty happy to share with me and Justin. However, whenever I tried to take her picture, she got this crusty face. (It's okay girlie, I would be frustrated if someone tried to take my picture with ice cream all over my face too.)
It was a great night. We are so proud of our fidgety singer (if you saw the video, you know what I'm talking about). He sang so well and so loud! I'm really glad that we found out about this concert! Great job Clayton!