We get to the school and I go to take a picture of Megan and discover that the camera I grabbed has no batteries. Way to go Mom! So I take a picture with my cell phone instead, then Rob stays with the kids while I take her to her classroom where the other kids are waiting. As Rob and I and the other kids are sitting in the audience waiting for the show to start, Rob leans over and whispers to me "so it begins - years of school programs." Well, I really hope that it gets better with practice. The curtain opens and from the middle of the first graders hysterical wailing is heard. Yup, it was Megan. She had to be almost dragged off the stage. So Jack and I jump up (Rob wanted to come too, but I know that I handle things like this better with the girls - he tends to spoil them just a tiny bit :) ) and get backstage where Meg is still in hysterics. Her teacher and I get her calm enough to talk and she announces she had stage fright. I wasn't quite sure what to do at this point. First of all, Meg had been talking about this show for weeks and I didn't want to her miss out on her chance to be in it. Secondly, she's recently started going into hysterics when we try to have her do things like go to her Sunday school class. It's only when we bring her though - she always enjoys the class and if a friend walks with her instead, she goes in without a peep. She had already done the show once that morning for the school and the crowd was actually smaller now. We had all worked really hard to be there and her siblings were looking forward to watching the show. Anyway, the more I talked to her, the more hysterical she got, so I finally decided I wasn't helping matters. I told her I loved her and I would be right out front watching the show. If she didn't want to get on stage, she could wait back there with her teacher, but we would love to see her sing too if she wanted to. Then I went back to our seats. She stopped screaming within a minute or so and even went back out on stage within a few minutes. Granted, she just stood right on the edge and didn't sing a single note, but hey, she was standing on the stage :) It made me feel better about forgetting the camera! If this was the start of years of school performances, I certainly hope they get better with practice!!!
We took a picture of her when we got home ~
I had a wonderful Mother's day morning yesterday! I was up until 3 or 4am finishing the three major papers/projects that were due this week, so Rob let me sleep in. Our church canceled all of Rob's meetings before church, so he was actually here and went to church with the kids and I instead of several hours earlier! The kids brought me presents and cards when I woke up. Megan and Kylie made me cards, including one with a bee-uuu-tiful portrait of me by Kylie :) They found a large serving bowl and placed the cards and my gifts in it. Beth brought me a shell. Kylie wrapped my gift in a clear plastic sandwich bag and gave me a my little pony (full of generosity, she piped up "I don't like this one anymore, so YOU can have it!") and half a tortilla chip. Megan gave me one of my hair clips (no, not a new one, one she found lying around the house somewhere). Rob got me fudge and a pint of one of my favorite ice creams. All the kids climbed into bed with me and we cuddled and talked while Rob made me a wonderful breakfast of eggs and toast. I couldn't have asked for a better morning! At church, all the men took over the classes (Rob taught Kylie's) so the women could all attend their Sunday school class and their women's class (usually a large percentage of us are teaching various children's classes). They brought us cake during the women's class and we each got a rose at the end of church.
The rest of the day was not quite as idyllic as Rob got a sugar low from not being able to eat anything for the hours he was teaching Kylie's class and so I made dinner by myself and watched the kids while he rested. I had to hurry through dinner preparations as I had a meeting to go to that night, so I ended up eating dinner standing up at the counter before everyone else ate and running out the door. The morning was so perfect though, and with so many small children, I really don't think that it's realistic to get a whole day off :) Plus, I get this Friday to myself as well as it's my birthday and Rob always takes the day off and sends me out with Christy to get pedicures and go out to lunch and go shopping. Thank you Rob for all your hard work to make my Mother's day wonderful!!! I love you!!!
Today I am enjoying the rain (we don't get a whole lot of rain in this part of TX) and looking forward to Friday - both because it's my birthday and because it's the last day of my first class!!! Yay for me!!! :) I hope all you women had wonderful Mother's days! :)
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