I waited 30 years from giving birth to my girl until I got another princess to rule my heart.
Maeve Liliana (L'il Liana) was dramatic in capturing my heart from her first breath in my Midwife Crisis as I delivered her unexpectedly on the floor in the back hallway, until today when I witnessed not a child, but a young lady who is finding her way, lead her school with charm and humour and confidence in their Christmas concert at Spruceland Community School of the Arts.
Even from her early days, she was captivating...
To this day, I am not sure why Maeve was front and centre at her very first Christmas concert. She was three years old at Cedar's Preschool.
But fast forward to today. Her last Christmas concert. She was still front and centre.
And next year she will be in high school. How the heck did we get here!!?!
I cannot express how proud I am of this young lady. She was honoured with the role of MC at Spruceland Community School of the Arts Christmas concert. This is kind of like being selected as validictorian of a graduating class.
Oh my goodness! She rocked the roll. Looked classy. And did the Ziemer humour proud with her jokes. Groans were heard throughout the auditorium. Papa would be so proud of his influence.
Papa was her date at her very first Christmas concert when Xander was 3 in Cedar's Preschool.
Tonight, Maeve and her friend Cadence were so amazing as they set the pace for the performances.
Her class performance was so much fun!
The final performance is always a crammed event that includes all of the students from the school singing a song which they have included the lyrics to in the program so everyone in attendance can sing along,
And sing along we did. Even her brother, who skipped his afternoon grade 10 classes to attend his sister's final Christmas concert.
Oh my goodness! Granny's heart was so blessed to watch Maeve in her final elementary school Christmas concert while sitting next to her brother, literally belting out a song at the top of his lungs. I was so into the moment I didn't catch a video until the dying seconds.
This little boy has been a part of so many of my favourite moments. Circa 2012.
But I will cherish these moments as long as I live. Or until my memory fails and I lean on Facebook to pop up with an "On this day" moment and I can relive this blog.
