Samuel went carolling at a local senior "village" tonight with a small (maybe 7 or 8) other kids, ages 3-5.  They sang 3 songs:  Jesus Bells (sung to Jingle Bells), Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star (sung to...you guessed it! Twinkle Twinkle Little Star), and the most popular kid's Christmas "awww" song - Happy Birthday Jesus.  It was so cute.  Most of the kids kind of just stood there looking cute, a couple kids danced, and only two really sang loud enough to hear...Samuel and a little girl.  When I say Samuel "sang" loud though, what I meant is that he shouted the songs...you know what I'm talking about.  But what was so great was his facial expressions and body language when he shouted sang.  He was so serious about his singing.  I wish I had a camcorder, but I didn't even remember my camera.

Here's the funny part - later he told me that the Choir leader told him it was going to snow tomorrow and then I realized why he sang so loud.  What the leader actually said was "if you sing really loud MAYBE it will snow tomorrow."  Samuel was just doing his part to ensure a snow day!  Sad thing is, there's no snow in the forecast for tomorrow.

Edited on 12/15 - it's snowing today and Samuel is sure it's because he sang loud three days ago!