The Boys Perform

Last week the boys had an end of the semester performance at school. I want to tell you about Josiah's performance but first I need to make a confession. On Wednesday Caleb came home from school in tears saying that Ted and I missed his performance. At first I tried to talk to him about whether it may have been a dress rehearsal. We received a note from the school saying the performance was on Thursday. He assured me that it was not a dress rehearsal because the school theater was full of parents with their cameras. My heart dropped! After re-reading a note that Caleb brought home the day before I realized that I had not completely understood the message - it was in another language! Ted and I felt terrible and we apologized again and again. I was upset that we had missed it and that Caleb was so heartbroken. From now on I will read and reread his notes to assure that nothing important gets lost in translation. The next day we went to the school for Josiah's performance. I think the teacher also felt bad that we had missed Caleb's performance because they were going to let Caleb perform with Josiah's class. Caleb said he would rather stay with his friends. I think that he has forgiven us. All the kids were dressed in costumes and the boys did a lot of marching and clapping. I have attached a few pictures, but you will not see the best part of the show. As the class was performing I noticed that Josiah was the only one with a red piece of material hanging from his belt. I jokingly said to Ted that they probably had the only foreign kid carry the country flag. Sure enough, at the end of the performance Josiah walked to center stage, the other boys encircled him, then he was lifted up on a teachers shoulders and unrolled the country flag to the applause of everyone in the audience. Too funny! The boys will have another performance this year and I will be sure to be there for both of them.