We didn't think he would participate, we actually didn't even think he would go up on the stage. What we definitely did NOT expect was for him to sing! And he poured himself into it- it was so awesome!
The whole program was beautiful. Each class sang a few songs, there were Scripture readings, prayers and then all the kids from the school sang together.
Here is beforehand- all the kids were in a room down the hall from the sanctuary. He wanted me in there with him, and so I stayed with him and walked with the class and sat with him as well. But he went right up on that stage by himself!
Above- singing "Noel, Noel, Bells are ringing" at the top of his lungs.
Notice the tie didn't last long
Then they sang a song that involved shaking some bells. He got just a little bit too enthusiastic with them and started swinging them around. In the video, you can tell right when he finally looked up and saw me signing to "Stop!" and his teacher motioning to "ring gently!"
All the kids singing together. The younger ones weren't as interested in this part and were all very distracted. The girls behind him were trying to politely tell him to turn back around. And at one point when he was just sort of bending over for no reason at all.... Brant (next to him with the green tie) just very slightly tapped Caelan's foot with his own, without every missing a beat~ and Caelan stood back up. His swaying side to side also caused him to topple over sideways off the step... causing a domino affect, taking down a couple other kiddos. It could have been worse- and it was actually funny.
I was hoping to post the video here but the file is too large. We didn't use our camera to record it. The bonus to using the nice camcorder is that you get great video quality; the downside is that the files are HUGE. Sad I can't share it- it is the funniest video and I laugh to tears every time I watch it.
And for some reason, it has disappeared from Facebook so I can't even create a link to it.
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