Messiah sing-in

We took our whole family to the Messiah Sing-in.  We weren't sure how it was going to go, but I think it went well for having a 4 year old with us.  Ada sang really well most of the time and Sam sang a couple.  He loved singing the Hallelujah chorus though.  Evelyn and Seth played on my phone and with the gum out of my purse.  My favorite moment was walking out of there and asking each kid which was their favorite song.  I loved listening to all of them singing snatches from the songs.  I think that Sam liked the trumpet and Seth loved "Hallelujah!".

A week after this, Ada, Sam and Evelyn sang in the Stake Christmas Primary Choir.  I loved seeing them up there, all three did so well.  Ada and Evelyn both found friends from their soccer team.  I actually teared up a bit.  But they performed about halfway through the program and decided that they were done and wanted to go home.  I wanted to stay and do the sing along songs.  Seth and Sam tried to wrestle, Evelyn tried to fall asleep on Jer's lap and Ada read the book she brought and sniped at Sam every time he got too close.  She got up to take Seth to the bathroom for me because our friend was performing his choir arrangement and I wanted to see how it had turned out.  When she got back she saw that Sam was holding the music for the Hallelujah chorus that we were going to sing next.  Instead of standing next to him and singing with him, she threw the biggest tantrum right there in the middle of song that she wasn't the one holding the music.  She didn't stop, so I dropped Seth, grabbed her hand and hauled her outside into the cold. Nothing she said made any sense and she wouldn't stop crying.  I'm not looking forward to the whole puberty thing.