Malia's 20 Seconds of Fame!

I figured out the video stuff. So here it is:



She came home from practice all excited last night, partially because she thought maybe I would say yes to letting her have one of her singing teacher's puppies..... um is she new here?! That would be a no... but also because she and another girl got the "Santa Baby" solos. She has her first Christmas performance next Friday afternoon at the Festival of Trees (3:00.... so she gets to miss school. She's really hoping it's A day so that she misses computer class....)

Kayden bought himself a new iPod a couple months ago, and it has been the best investment! Kayden usually goes nuts when Malia has to practice singing (because he's a good supportive brother like that and/or kinda grumpy) but now he just plugs his ears with his iPod and goes off to his happy place where his sister doesn't sing. And then there is no yelling in the house and all is peaceful. At least for a couple of minutes. Anaya, on the other hand, is Malia's #1 fan. Every time Malia starts to practice, Anaya is right there watching and listening. She knows all the songs, and the other night fell asleep in Malia's bed while Malia was singing her little lights out. Malia seems to think that Anaya is a better fan than me. Apparently Malia likes "Sing it again Malia! That's my favorite!" over "Ahhh...That needs to be a longer vowel sound!" (This is why she takes piano and voice from someone else....) Speaking of piano (kind of), for everyone who plays the piano, this is the song Malia is playing for her Christmas recital. Go download the sheet music and play it,or you can listen to the MP3. It's really pretty.