School Assembly

The first school assembly took place last week.  It is old hat for Sofia but all new for Ali.  Sofia's class never went in front of the whole school last year but Ali's class started off the year up in front singing Apples and Bananas.  Ali was very excited and very nervous.  She was very giddy and silly when her class first went up to the front of the gymnasium but once the music started she tensed up and her eyes darted around.  She did sing and did the hand gestures but she was definitely nervous.  The lyrics to the song are as follows:

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas

I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays

I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays

I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees

I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees

I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis

I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis

 

I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos

I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos

 

I like to ute, ute, ute u-ples and bu-nu-nus

I like to ute, ute, ute u-ples and bu-nu-nus

 

Once the kids got to the "i,o,u" the audience started to laugh and Ali's eyes got big.  I guess she didn't expect laughter.  After school she mentioned it and I told her it was suppose to be funny and that it was a good thing everyone was laughing.  She seemed better once she heard that.  All in all it was a nice was to start the year in assembly.