abbey sings the start of something new in her 1st grade talent show and i was SO. PROUD.

abbey told me a few weeks ago that she wanted to sing a solo for the little valley lions official talent show. i wasn't surprised as abbey is constantly singing--she has the most crystal clear voice and i never get tired of hearing her sing along as well as harmonize to what ever is playing on the stereo.

she's so good at harmonizing that she will find the harmony in every.  single.  song.

she actually sounds wonderful and nails it and i absolutely encourage it.  but her older sisters are meaner than shit to her about this and often times will demand "NO HARMONIZING!" when we are in the car together which pisses me off. chandi especially gets upset about it but that's also not surprising so we try to ignore when possible.

she settled on "start of something new" from high school musical and we bought the karaoke version and downloaded it onto the ipod and she started practicing.  she and i would go over it at least 3-5 days in the 2 weeks leading up to it and she was prepared.

the day of the talent show she was nervous but told me "mom, don't be worried.  i have been doing extra practicing at night when i go to bed so i've got this."  swoon.  my heart!

 there's something about seeing your child not only succeed but be really good at something they love that makes your heart swell in a way that nothing else can.  abbey knocked it out of the park during a long boring afternoon and was the bright shining star of that talent show: