Vinny's stage debut was on Friday. He had been selected alongside a few other children to play Papa Bear in front of his school. He was very afraid. I did my best to assure him that all would be well, no one would be judging him, and just to cut loose and have fun. As you can see he got dressed up in a black shirt, nice pants, suspenders, and his scooby doo hat. We ended up putting some face paint on him too.
This is our school
[mumble mumble incoherent]
love with another, love with mankind
[mumble mumble incoherent]
this is our school.
They then stood up in pairs and recited a few lines about respect, tolerance, and appreciation. Later they sang a song about the nursery rhymes they were involved in. The boys and girls then acted their parts for Goldilocks and the Three Bears, followed by Little Red Riding Hood, in song.
There were enough bears and lumberjacks and wolves and red-smocked girls to shake a stick at.
Vinny's greatest reinforcement, I am sure, was the uproar of applause and hooting and hollering. After that, they sang the national anthem of Australia.
again, per vinny:[mumble mumble incoherent]
[mumble mumble incoherent]
[mumble mumble] Australia.
[mumble mumble incoherent]
[mumble mumble]
[incoherent]
Australia.
After the performance I took Vinny into the co-ed bathroom in his classroom to get the face paint off. Four girls came in halfway through the removal, said they had to change, and one said:
And not thirty seconds later there were around four five and six year old girls topless in their underpants showing off what six-year-old-stuff they thought they had to my son who happened to be smiling from ear to ear.After telling them repeatedly to put their shirts on I realized, with a sigh, what a wonderful time I was going to have in about ten years.
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