I Think My Youngest is Ment For the Stage

Today was the last day of VBS. We had our program for the adults and my kids (5th and 6th grade) made me cry. Well in a good way they made me cry. They had a signed song and they did a beautiful job. Even the young man who had me on my knees a fair part of the week made me proud.

I really took the class with trepidation. I had always taken the 3rd and 4th grade. I had let it be know that if I was needed elsewhere I would go, but I always seemed to end up back at the 3rd and 4th grade. Last year the woman who had the 5th and 6th grade had a very difficult time. This year she decided that she should take a different class and asked for mine. So I was asked to take hers. I agreed if they would get a man to take the class with me. They did and things went really well. I was surprised because I expected to have the same problems that there had been over the past few years but things went as smoothly as they normally do.

For some reason the Lord tends to send me pretty good kids. I guess He figures that if He's going to get me to teach He's going to have to help me as much as possible. Also, while that age tends to be one in which they boys especially start to act out, have a man in the class room really helps. While the boys may not be willing to listen to me, they will still listen to a man to a certain degree. That helps to waylay the problems somewhat. Any way the class went well and we even ended up with a new member for our youth group when it was done. All of which has nothing to do with my title. That comes from the final program.

My youngest was in the 1st and 2nd grade class when they got up to do their part of the program he was ready. He was on the top row of the risers and when their songs started he sang out and really got into the motions that went with them. He had everyone rolling in the isles when he was done. He was so funny.

He's really impressing his piano teacher too. She tends to be on the nervous side but he isn't bothering her at all anymore. Now when he plunks around on the piano trying out different cords she encourages him. When he plays a song by ear that he has figured out she shows him the cords that go with it. This week while the two of us where talking she noticed that in his boredom he started playing a five finger C scale exercise. The thing is that he was playing it with both hands in contrary motion. so she taught to do the whole C scale that way. He's as squirmy as he ever was but she thinks he's wonderful. With my being gone to Stillwater for two day and having VBS he hasn't been able to practice the way he should. He only missed one day but the rest of the time when I've practiced with him we pushed to get through it as fast as possible and when my husband practices with our son he never corrects him. I explained all this to his teacher and apologized but she thought he was doing superbly.

Once a month my husband takes him to his practices. The last time he did she asked if our son was tired of it yet. My husband said no that he really enjoyed it. She got really excited to hear that. We started this because he wanted to play. We didn't know how long it would last, still don't as a matter of fact but thought we would take it as far as we could. I don't want to push him till he hates it but I did want him to learn properly. She thinks he has talent though and is working to develop it. I'm beginning to wonder if this isn't a talent the Lord intends to use. He loves preforming. Not in a show offy kind of a way, but rather in a isn't this a blast kind of way. He loves getting on the piano and trying out new cords and runs. He enjoys showing others the new stuff he has come up with. He wants people to listen to his practices. It is so strange. On the other hand while it sounds concieted I think I see the Lords hand at work in it. Only time will tell. We'll just have to wait and see.