Hallelujah Hop - Take 2!

This was Gracie's second year to be in the "Hop" (it's for the PreK 4 class and the kindergarten class) and she was very excited. JM had to stay home with the sitter for the evening performance, since it didn't start until 7:30 but Clara got to come this year.

So both girls got a new "poodle" skirt. They were very excited to choose their fabric and then I let them choose which applique they wanted since the pattern had a few choices. And they both ended up with Kitty "poodle" skirts.

Gracie had a grand time (again) and was almost as excited as the year before.   She was really proud of her speaking part (all of the older kids get bigger singing/speaking parts) and did an awesome job.  Sadly, I was too slow with the record button, so here's what she said with a picture.  And you should have heard the emphasis on the last line!!

"One of the verses we learned in chapel this year was John 3:16, 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whosoever shall believe in him will have everlasting life.' AND I BELIEVE IT!"

This is her whole class before the show (1/4 of the kids in the show).  Mrs. Matejka, her teacher (on the left) is in charge of it all and does an unbelievable job.  The whole production takes an hour and the kids have to learn all the songs, hand motions and lines/cues.  Anyhow, you'll get to see a lot of Hallelujah Hop pictures over the next few years.  With Clara starting PreK 4 next year and then JM 2 years after that, we'll end up with a total of 6 consecutive performances in the family.

The next day the kids do the performance at a local nursing home.  This year Mimi & Pap came for that and it was great that they got to see Gracie "live."  Then we went back to the school for a "cast party" complete with the 50's theme.  Gracie got to show off her poodle skirt twirl some more ...

and then, it was back to our house with Mimi & Pap for another party for JM (he managed 3 parties for his 2nd birthday!).  And I'll cover that in another post!