Eli's Christmas Play

Eli, getting ready for the play to start, peeking through his "bedroom" window!

Hamming it up before the play began!

Joker!

Thinking hard about what mischief he can think of getting in to!

Eli had such a fun experience on the day of his b-day party! He was invited (because he is serious ham) to take part in a children's play that was being staged at our favorite Children's musem in Champaign. The play is based on a story called "Within the Cloak of Christmas" and is about a little boy who discovers santa sleeping in his favorite chair on Christmas eve, and the adventures that follow! Eli only had one line "wake up Santa" and had to follow the story and act out what he heard! He was terrific! The play was starred just Eli and Santa so he was a star and he loved that!

The best parts of the whole night where 1) right before the play began, Eli snuck down the back side of the Castle (where the play was staged) and popped up in the crowd! 2) during one scene in the play, Eli is supposed to "gently nudge santa awake with his foot", well the boy flat out kicked Santa! It was hilarious!

Eli was not ever nervous or worried about being in front of a crowd! In fact when the play was over and the crowd cheered for him, he went crazy and cheered back for them! What a fun adventure for our scene-stealing boy!