Aidan “graduated” from his first year of preschool today.

The three-year-olds classes at his school did a show based on various nursery rhymes. Aidan rocked the part of “one of the kings” in the Humpty Dumpty vignette. One kid, dressed all in white, came out and fell onto the stage. All of the “kings” came out and reached down to touch him and pantomime trying to “put him back together again.” After a few seconds, all of the kings stopped and left the stage. Well, all but one, who continued grappling with the Humpty until the teacher had to forcibly remove him. I later said to Aidan, “You were just sure you could fix him, weren’t you?” He replied, “Everyone else stopped so soon!”

Then the three classes stood in positions around the stage to sing a lengthy A-B-C song. 44 kids stood still, hands at sides, and sang. One kid, stage left, danced around, doing high kicks, clapping his hands, and wildly boogieing down the entire song.

Byron was so embarassed. But I said, “Look, we have the kid who just gots to dance, and that is who he is, and that is what we’re going to let him be.”

Then in the afternoon it was time for the special production of E-I-E-I-Oops!, presented by Mack’s after-school drama class. Mack did a great job as The Farmer in the Dell, enunciated his lines beautifully, and even managed to say the words “this bovine disaster” so they could be understood.

Total minutes of actual performance, both plays combined: about 27 minutes.

Total after-play cookies consumed by the three kids (including 14-month-old Reid): about 27 cookies.