My Bane in Life

Whooo-boy, it's a two-fer today! Although I have had that "Playtime" post ready for a while, I just had to upload the pictures. So, as mentioned in the previous post, my girls know everyone else's lines in the play before they do. As did I when I was a child. I was just frustrated that they were following the same path through elementary school that I had in the class play department.

I was relegated to Caroler #3 and other such glamorous roles. I think the main frustration for me was that I was sitting (bored) on the risers listening to the rest of the kids mumble and stumble their way through the lines while I muttered them under my breath. Probably much to the annoyance of my parents, I would subject them to the full length version of all my plays. They would ask,

"So, what is your play about?"

"It's about the 4 food groups!"

I would then launch into the beginning scene along with the accompanying songs and choreography. That one number about broccoli, had 'em rolling in the aisles. I yearned for my time in the spotlight. I never got it.** So what do I do now? Yearn vicariously through my children. Although I do draw the line and am not a pushy parent, bugging the teacher to put my children front and center. That's why I said "Yearn". You wanna know about pushy parents? I could tell you some doosies! But let's not spoil the moment right now. I'll save that story for another time.



**never got it in gradeschool. i did drama & such in high school.