Ten weeks ago, I, along with three other moms, volunteered to direct and produce the 4th grade play at Number 5’s school. We did this not because that’s how it’s always happened, but because this was the first year in as many years as we could remember that there was not going to be a […]
elementary school plays
Because The Show Must Go On
If you’ve been around here for a few years, then you might remember that our elementary school does a fourth grade play. And four years ago, when Number 3 was in fourth grade, he was very unexpectedly cast as the lead role in Aladdin. The kid who literally never spoke in preschool or kindergarten was […]
Never in a million years.
Number 3 didn’t start preschool until he was four. He was extremely shy, very anxious, and was described by his teacher as a child who “is always on the perimeter; always an observer.” She went on to tell me that she didn’t think anything was wrong with him, though. She didn’t mean it in a […]