Amalia's Song

Amalia had been seen, in the library and in her classroom, practicing a song with her classmates. Daddy had been there by chance on day and saw her from the back. She was unaware that he was there until later on that evening. It turned out she, they, were practicing for the parent appreciation lunch!  It was a bit difficult to work out whether mommy or daddy would be able to make it with their schedule but finally daddy managed to salvage the situation. But just the night before Amalia had a little trantrum, like four year olds tend to do sometimes. She declared that no one was to come to her show. In fact, she was boycotting it altogether. "I'm not singing!" she said, followed by an even more stern, "I'm not going!" Mommy and daddy decided not to address it and hope that the mind would be changed in the morning. 

By the morning, and as the sun said hello to our living room, we were all back up. Amalia was putting on her dress (free dress for the occasion) and happily turned to munching her breakfast. Daddy asked how she was doing and she gave him a smile and said, "you have to sit right in the middle so I can see you". Daddy was happy the yesterday's conversation was forgotten and promised that he would be as close to the singing as he could. 

Later in the morning he found his way to the front tables, sat down to enjoy the show and waited. Amalia's class was the third to present and as they entered he was happy to see that she was positioned just a few feet away!  The distance, however, was distracting to our little one who kept changing pose and either smiling at daddy or trying to look away. When the song came up she seemed to be just a tad behind the rest of the crowd, focused on her circumstance. Finally the song was over. Applause and camera flashes everywhere. The parents rushed up for photos of their specific children and, finally, the little stars existed, stage right.  

Regardless of her ups and downs, the distance to the stage and the distraction of a daddy obviously too close to our little performer, she did great and, of course, we love her completely!