Away in a Manger

Tonight at church the girls sang their first duet together. Not being musically inclined myself whatsoever, I have a new appreciation for all the work that goes into preparing to sing. The girls had two weeks to learn all three verses of "Away in a Manger". Not being able to read the lyrics themselves, meant that we listened to the song on repeat at least 20 times per day. As you can imagine, we were all getting a bit tired of hearing the song. However, tonight when they sang it was all worth it. The girls did a great job and it was a priceless performance. Kaylee had all three verses memorized and Kianna had the first verse down, as well as a few random words from the last two verses. We had been practicing with our karaoke machine at home with me holding the microphone. When the girls would get too close to the microphone I would move it away from their mouth, but at church I obviously didn't have that much control over the microphone. Kianna had her mouth right on the microphone and was singing VERY loud for the first verse. I couldn't help but laugh. Kaylee did a great job singing the last two verses with Kianna offering up the occasional word she could remember really loud. For example, "NIGH", "HEAVEN", etc. We got it all on tape and if I can figure out how to post the video I will definitely be doing that. It is priceless...

Oh, but the show didn't end there. The preschool class ended by singing "Jingle Bells". I can sum up this performance in one word "Drama". Our girls were standing next to each other after having just finished "Away in a Manger". After reviewing the video it appears that Kianna was being a bit lovey with Kaylee. By this I mean that Kianna was standing really close to Kaylee with her arm around her. Well Kaylee, didn't want anything to do with the closeness. She was focused on singing "Jingle Bells". In an attempt to get Kianna away from her Kaylee threw a little elbow Kianna's way. To which, Kianna responded by swinging at Kaylee. Kaylee responded by no longer singing "Jingle Bells", crossing her arms, and crying. I felt so helpless in the audience not knowing what to do as I watched my kids fight on stage. They were definitely entertaining to say the least and we even have the video footage to prove it.