As promised, I just had to blog about Kate and Wesley's performance at their school's end of the year program. Of course, each class had their very own entertainer. Neither of my kids would fit that description. They both stood attentively and attempted to sing their song and recite their Psalm (Kate's class only). One little boy in Kate's class got jiggy with it and a little girl in Wesley's class kept waiving to her family in the crowd.
What made me even more impressed is that Justin was 100% determined that as soon as Wesley saw us, he would jet..he would get scared of all the people staring at him and jet down the stairs straight to mom and dad. Justin was even examining the stairs before the kids got on stage and he was so worried Wesley would go tumbling down. Oh contrary....Wesley stood their at attention and his only outburst was when he first saw us...he raised his hand up high and said 'Mommy...Daddy'. Then he proceeded to stand their the entire time while his sang The Bumblebee song and Jesus Loves Me...very cute!
Kate's class is more easily molded by bribery so the weeks leading up to their performance their teachers would give them lollipops for a good practice and they got Popsicles as well. Dad treated both the kids with ChicFilA after the performance b/c he was so proud of them!
One thing that Ms. Colby (the director) said at the beginning that was very poignant to me was how she noticed the similarity of this program to our walk with Christ.
She said 'If you notice the baby class kind of walks out of place, looks around for comfort, looks around to see if someone is there they can run to and when the show starts they are kind of squeamish about singing. But as they get older you will notice they walk in a straight line, they sing louder and have confidence that they are not alone.'
This is very representative of our walk with Christ. At first we are all over the place, going in our own directions, feel alone, don't know if our mommy's and daddy's are going to pick us up at the end of the day....But then we begin to understand Christs' role in our lives and we become more confident and we understand that we are not alone and that He is with us always. There is no reason to be anxious...He is always walking by our side and pointing us in the right direction. And as we become more comfortable in Him and His role in our lives we can sing louder and at that point we can become Teachers of our own and spread His word through not only our singing but our actions and the way we treat others.
Kate has only been in here class for 2 months but the children in her class accepted her with open hearts and there is one little boy (Bailey) that gives her a hug every day when she walks in the class. Yesterday when they gathered in her class before the show, he gave her his usual hug and then noticed her pretty heart necklace and told her how beautiful her necklace was (yes, he actualy used the word beautiful which was even cuter!). Then he told her how pretty her hair was. My heart was so happy to see such a young little boy with so much respect and love for others. I hope he grows up and continues to share that spirit. The world needs more Bailey's. I love knowing that my Kate and Wesley spend their days with adults and children who are focused on doing the right thing and making others feel wonderful. You can't ask for a better feeling than that!!
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