Yesterday morning, upon waking, Blake announced that he would not be participating in the Soapstone Preschool Christmas pageant. His class was to play the role of angels. He wasn't going to wear white, he certainly was not wearing the halo (him wearing a halo is worthy of a blog of it's own!) and under no circumstances was he going to sing in front of the audeince. Blake is not a child who's resolve wavers so I told him that was perfectly fine and that he could take it up with his teacher Miss Peg when he got school. We packed his white "angel clothes" in his school bag just in case.
When I arrived for the performance, I was surprised to see him in his white outfit. No halo but he was marching in line with his class towards the stage looking around for me....all good signs. Here's how he "performed" during the singing part of the show : )
He kept his ears plugged with his fingers and his eyes closed the entire performance, smiling all the while. He opened them twice to see if i was watching, which, of course I was : )
