Preschooler makes stage debut

Here’s our favorite, oldest son performing for the first time in front of a crowd. For his elementary school’s annual May Day Pageant last Friday, the preschoolers performed “The Hukilau Song.” I misunderstood his teacher earlier in the week and I thought they would be singing the Hukilau song. So I asked Robbie a few times what he would be singing and if he wanted to practice before the big day, and he promptly belted out the “ABC song” each time. I thought, oh boy, this might not be good! But as they hustled the youngsters onto the field and started the music, I was relieved that they in fact would not be singing, but performing a preschool-appropriate hula-ish dance. They are pictured above in their lineup, just seconds before the music started. Robbie is the third from the right (or fourth from the left, whichever way your brain works better). He looks very small among those he is pictured with, but he’s in a class of mixed ages from 3 to 5, and he’s the youngest by far.

We’re new at this, but we did shoot a video of the performance which we hope to post soon. (Read: We've got some editing to do!)