For being such a class clown, I really don't like being the center of attention. I mean, I do, but only on my terms. Like, sticking me up on a stage in front of 500+ people with other kids isn't part of my terms.
On Sunday, Dec 13 - our church invited the preschoolers to come sing a few Christmas songs in front of the church - Mommy was so excited that both me & Tori would get to go it - great photo op, right? We sang for 2 services - the first service, Mommy made sure to be right up in the front row so she could get a good shot - Victoria walked out on stage first and was all beaming and smiles. My class was last to arrive - I guess we were the youngest so they put us out front - I was so timid and barely could make the walk across the stage but blindly followed command - that is, until, I spotted Mommy sitting right in front and so I ended up running across the stage and then immediately jumped down & dove into her lap! She allowed me to sit the first service out but then they sent me back in for a 2nd run...
This time Mommy stayed in the backrow so she would be more hidden - and this time the teachers allowed me to walk out hand in hand with Victoria. I lasted a few extra minutes on the stage as I scanned the audience eagerly searching for Mommy - it didn't matter how many bulletins she tried to hide behind, I still was able to find her - and this time, I dove off the stage and ran down the aisle. When she offered me a piece of candy to go back and sing first, I decided that was an okay plan so I ran back up to the stage and tried to climb up the same way I departed - however, my little legs just weren't quite big enough so they dangled from the stage and all you could see was my little bum sticking up in the air and my legs kicking furiously trying to propel back onto the stage. Luckily, a teacher quickly came and rescued me and I made it back on the stage. However, that is all I did - I refused to sing - in fact, all I did was discover that I had a sticker on my shirt and played with it over and over again. I did at least last the entire song but once it was over - whooshh --- I jumped the stage again and ran back down to Mommy - she quickly reminded me that there was one more song to sing so back I went, same routine. Apparently, it was quite comical for everyone in the audience to watch and the pastor even said that he called that "stage diving!" Mommy wasn't able to get all the diving on video but she did get this clip of me fidgeting with my sticker...
