Some things don't change

Well, we had high hopes for Luke's school Holiday Show this year.  As always, he was practicing all of the songs around the house for weeks leading up to the big night.  However, this year he kept telling us that he "might" sing.  For Luke that was a huge change from previous years when he announced with absolute certainty that he would NOT be singing.
We did make some progress this year:  he wore the hat that he made.  In previous years he has walked into this classroom where all of his fellow students were getting ready for the show, took one look at them, and looked at me as if to say, "They look absolutely ridiculous and there is no way that I'm putting any of that on my head."  The scenario played out very similarly this year ... until Luke's friend, Vidyut, made a very persuasive suggestion that Luke put on his hat "right away."  Luke conceded....

...but he made sure that not even one melodic note passed his lips during that performance.

However, Steve the ventriliquist and his silly puppet, Cornelius, absolutely made Luke's night

And Mia decided that, yet again, Santa gets a high-five (a very short-lived high-five - she was less than excited to actually BE on his lap)