The boys had a small part in our Christmas Program at Church last night.
We had anticipated it for a couple of weeks.
We decorated our letters and tied a string on.
We memorized and rehearsed our lines.
We attended practice last week (where I snapped these pics)
We had a very full weekend.
I chose full beacause it sounds nicer than busy, doesn't it?
Work/School, dinner at LB with family on friday night, and then homecoming game to watch Mo cheer
followed by and inpromtu invitation for the boys to spend the night at friends house.
Their first ever non family sleep over and they had a blast.
I worked Sat and DH picked up boys fed them lunch and mandated a quick nap.
We enjoyed French Lick lights and and ice cream treat for boys that night.
Yesterday began with church, sunday school, lunch at home, biddy ball practice, decorating cookies at Aunt Polly's, and then back to church for program practice that went great...
and then it happened
45 minute break {insert bad idea for Joe the little man}
So, you can imagine that the sweet smile, the eagerness to perform his part had disappeared.
He fell asleep on Uncle Scott who along with his fam, gma and gpa and aunt polly had all come to see the
boys perform...and we tried to time it just right.
We pulled out all the stops when we woke him: chewies, tickles, bribes, {small gentle threats}
and when his turn came, he whimpered,
took his letters and trotted to the stage with the other kids in his group.
Pretty sure I did not breathe.
Nervous for Sam, who did a great job with his letter U
and anticipating for Joe, I prayed for him that he could pull it together.
But it did not happen.
He whimpered on stage, Sam looked at him and then out at us.
When his turn came and the microphone was in front on him, he let out the most pitiful
blubber. Poor guy.
Thankfully the coordinator, Wanda explained for him and finished his part.
We had snacks at home afterward and he said the part for all those that were here.
Still proud of these sweeties.
We will have to chalk this one up to another one of our...
if we had only known...
moments
