A Night of Wonder

Last night was our stake's Christmas concert. There were multiple ward choirs and a children's choir that opened for the choir that Katie sings in. My job was to get there early enough to get a seat where I could see the girls (they were singing in the children's choir) and to try to keep Nate relatively quiet during the performances. I arrived about an hour early and had a great seat. But that was a LONG time to try to keep a 4 year old in check. About 20 minutes in he started getting restless and this was our dialogue:

Me: Nate, if you don't sit still you are going to mess up your hair. (he allow his hair to be done on Sundays only, but likes it to look good)
Nate: My hair looks handsome. If you want your hair to look as handsome as mine you should use Mommy's special stuff like me.
Me: Ok, buddy.
Nate: My hair is the most handsome of everyone in this whole place.
Me: Ok, buddy.
Nate: My hair is more handsome than that guy. (now standing on the bench and pointing behind me)
Me: Nate, put your arm down, it is not nice to point.
Nate: But Dad, look! (physically turning my head with his hands to see the guy sitting DIRECTLY behind us.
Me: Nate, shh, sit down.
Nate: That guy doesn't even have any hair!
Me: (Turning to the nice old man behind us) Hi, sorry, umm, yeah, he's 4.

Good news though, I only had 2 more hours of keeping him "reverent". He did pretty good the rest of the way thanks to the help of my iPhone. We only had one more outburst about half way through when just after a big finish of one of the songs he said over the quiet crowd "Can we go home now?" (not whispering) Overall it was a fun night with great performances.