Day 50 - The Performance

WOWOWOWOWOWOW

First of all, let me just say I had tears during this performance. Not tears of joy...CEO & I were just laughing that hard.

Now, I need to say something...We might be 31 and 25 respectively, but if you put the CEO & I in a packed room together we're going to whisper to each other like we're 13...Sorry, that's just how it's going to go.

So to the lady running the show: I'm sorry two grown men were in your audience whispering and laughing with one another and being kind of disrespectful....I apologize.

However, I will NOT take it back. I had a blast today...

Much to my chagrin, I did not get video of the performance as I sincerely hoped to do. That said, the school will provide a DVD of the performance soon enough and when that day comes it's going on the blog.

For now...the highlights:

- Lady is talking about the performance we're about to thoroughly enjoy. CEO & I discuss the chances Brett Favre will un-retire...Again.

- Lady begins playing that "I've got the whole world...in my hands" song. Kids begin to file in.

- Owen & Ethan come into focus. Owen is staring straight ahead at the kid he's following in the single file line. He's obviously holding back a smile and refuses to acknowledge his mother, grandmother, Miss Kaci, his father or myself.

- Ethan jumps out of line. Hugs his mom ("biiig huuuug") and then waves at everyone. Closes out with "Hey Victa Victa!" in a deeper voice than normal.

- Ethan runs as fast as possible to rejoin Owen nearly clipping 15 kids along the way.

- Notice the kid's mom in front of me who looks like an actress whose name I seem to have forgotten. Notice her wedding band. Begin talking to the CEO about what we're about watch.

- Kids are all situated in their exact spot. I'm pretty sure Mrs. Hickman had her kids all lined up first. Way to go Mrs. Hickman!

- Performance starts. Classic. The video is beyond necessary because after each song Ethan would start quietly clapping almost like a human applause sign. The only way I knew the songs were over was when Ethan would do this...They played probably 8 songs...All of them had various motions and such. My favorites were: "Take me out to the ballgame," "I got the whole world," and "Apples and Bananas." (By the way, a video to this song will be at the end of this post...I urge you to watch it because it's way too happy a song to miss)

- Randomly in songs Ethan is doing his X-Men hands up motion he does...Which is cracking the CEO & I up in a big way. Owen looks entirely too cool for school. At one point some kid who looked like MJ off of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Duel started to talk to Owen and he all but put his fingers over the kids mouth.

After the performance, Ethan hopped out of line once again to talk to us and ended with another enthusiastic "Victa Victa" which made me happy...Kind of like yesterday when I went to leave and Owen ran across the yard yelling "wait" so he could give me a hug...Are you kidding?! Of course I'd wait.

And on that note I'm going to end this post before I get into the part of the day when Mrs. Hickman started to try and hook me up with another teachers daughter...Mrs. Hickman, you sly thing you...

PS- Don't forget to come out for Garrett's "performance" if you can...Thanks folks...