It's a Wrap!

Ahhhhh....a huge sigh of relief! Trevor and Nathan's first experience of being on stage in front of a HUGE audience has temporarily come to an end. The boys did GREAT!!! Trevor took his role very serious (while being so stinking handsome!), while Nathan soaked up the ability to just be his adorable, silly, animated self. I am extremely proud of the courage, dedication, respect and follow thru that both Trevor and Nathan displayed over the last 3 months and 1 week. They have both enjoyed the entire process...not even 1 complaint...ever throughout the entire block of time spent on this production. I think it's fair to say I did enough complaining about it for the both of them! lol

I had the pleasure to work backstage supervision for the boys' group. It was a very humbling experience! I am so used to calling the shots in my household but I soon found myself in an environment where I was a little peon that was taking orders instead of giving orders. To be perfectly honest though, it was quite refreshing! I didn't have to be the decision maker for most things and I just followed someone else's lead (the head supervisors there). MET2 was so organized and delegated so well, that I felt like I was able to tuck away my bossy-ness and just relax in my role there. There were about 40 kids (boys and girls) in their group alone, ranging from 4-9 years old. It was hot, cramped, chaotic and loud. However, I had the opportunity to watch the boys interact with kids that were all new to them just a short time ago. There were SO many different personalities flying about so that in itself was a big challenge. By the last day of performances (yesterday), Trevor was known as the kid to go to for AWESOME paper airplanes (seriously was a huge hit...bonus was that it was a "quiet" activity ;-)) and little girls were constantly "petting" Nathan and saying how cute he is.

Specifically, I was impressed with the organization of MET2, the friendliness of volunteer parents, the teenagers in the cast were VERY sweet and encouraging to all their fellow cast mates including the young little ones, all the cast (even my young group) knew EXACTLY their cues and dance moves and the prompt start to each performance.

A few surprises for me were just how caddy some girls are, even at a young age. I never thought in a million years I'd say this...but...I am so happy I do not have a girl!!! Yes folks, I have said it! Keep record, because I will likely deny this confession at a later date. :-) These 3-5 divas in particular were very "click-ish" and hurt many other's feelings with their mean words and actions. I couldn't believe it! I was actually thanking the Lord to myself that I deal with boogers, dirt, fart noises and pretend sword fighting from my 3 boys over this drama I was dealing with, with just a few girls. Lastly, I was surprised that I had a mother/backstage volunteer of a little girl that stands next to Nathan during the performance, tell me that her little girl and Nathan were making out! HOLY SMOKES!!! I couldn't believe it! I had to actually tell my child to keep his hands and mouth to himself! Of course the two just giggled and said they were going to get married...blah, blah, blah...lol For some reason I always thought it would be Jackson having the first kiss of all the boys... lol ;-)

Due to Spring baseball season, we will not be participating in MET's production of Sound of Music that debut's in June. I will strongly consider registering any of the willing boys for their following production that will fall, this time, next year.

Switching Gears...

Before the first performance yesterday (where friends and family arrived to watch!), Trevor and Jackson had 2 hour baseball assessments in the morning. We had to put aside the make-up and hair products for the Musical and dust off some of the equipment needed for baseball. It brought back fond memories from last year's baseball season. We headed out to the ball field where Trevor, Jackson and fellow ball players were observed catching ground balls, running bases and batting from a pitching machine. The boys were having so much fun! They really seemed to enjoy the fresh air, the ability to run around and just be typical boys.

Baseball practices (yes, plural...3 practices a week...1 for each boy) start either this week or next week. In Trevor's division this year, he and his team mates will learn how to pitch and will eventually start pitching during the games this season (I am so nervous about that! lol).

Although Seussical the Musical is over, we don't have to say good-bye to all of their cast mates, as a couple of the families in the Musical are actually part of our same baseball league, VCAA!!! We found out throughout our time in the Musical process so we're very excited to watch these actors gone ball players, show their athletic abilities (as well as their talent on stage).

To say the least, this past week has been a huge mix of emotions. Mostly exciting ones! I am thankful to have a couple of days to breathe and get back into our routine. Our calendar this week brings me work, Nathan's Upper GI study, Trevor's school dance performance and David's ribbon cutting at work. I look forward to seeing God's hand in all of this...