Here’s a great little Christmas story to help get the spirit flowing if it wasn’t already.

For those of you who don’t know, Ian is in a special needs pre-k classroom at his school because of a speech delay.  He’s four-years-old and has made some amazing progress in the past year since he’s been in speech therapy.

So, Ian had a Holiday Assembly today at school.  His class was invited down to hear some of the other classes sing some Christmas carols.  After they arrived in the gym, Ian’s class was invited to take part in the assembly by singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  Ian’s teacher didn’t volunteer the entire class to sing because they hadn’t practiced or anything, but she asked the class if anyone wanted to go up on stage to sing.  Ian and one other little boy said they wanted to.  Ian’s teacher sent them up on the stage and began to look for her camera to snap some photos.

Here’s where it gets good.

As she was getting her camera ready, she heard a single voice coming over the PA system singing Rudolph.  She looked up and saw Ian standing on the stage at the microphone performing an impromptu solo.

In front of the whole school.

He sang the whole song.

Hang on.  It gets better.

Later they were invited back up on stage to sing Jingle Bells.  He went back up on stage for his encore.

Since his teacher hadn’t planned on going to the assembly let alone Ian having his solo, we weren’t aware of any of this going on and missed it.  I’m just hoping that someone got it on video so I can get a copy of it.  Still, I’m proud of the little guy for just jumping up on stage and getting it done.  I am told he got up onstage as though he did it every day without hesitation or any sense of nervous energy.

That’s my boy.

UPDATE:  When we picked Ian up from school the next day, his teacher told us she forgot to mention that after he returned to his seat, before he sat down he took a good deep bow with one arm over his tummy and the other at his back.  That’s my boy.