Playing Catch up - Sean

Sean's turn!

Remember this cute as heck town kid from last year? Well, another year and another wonderful Christmas play! This year's was Arrest ye Merry Gentlemen. Sean was a shepherd. He had more lines than last year and even had a singing solo. He loved it! They have practiced once and sometimes twice a week since the beginning of October. It was quite a commitment! Over the past two weeks, they had 3 plays. He loved each one! Last night on the way home from the last performance, he said he couldn't wait until next year. :-) We may be looking into other plays that are local so he doesn't have to wait a full year!

Watching him up on stage is so amazing. First because this little boy has worked on his speech and articulation for many years. He was in speech therapy for 4 years. Yes, 4! He worked hard to get to where he is today! Now to see him up on stage, speaking and singing in front of a group of about 100...not sure there are words for it! The second reason we enjoy it so much is, Sean made the decision to join this group on his own. Last year, he didn't know anyone who was doing it. He enjoys baseball (or soccer...or insert your favorite sport here) but he has many friends who also play. This is an activity he chose because he wanted to do it. Not because anyone else wanted to. Thirdly, that smile. The smile he gets when on stage is enough to melt me.


Here's another shout out to Disneyland. Like I said in Iain's post, Sean is a Small World kind of a guy. Another little tidbit, he has a very sensitive equilibrium. He gets bothered in elevators, in high buildings, but he loves the Teacups! Funny.

The highlight of Disneyland for Sean was being a Jedi. They have a Jedi Warrior Training Camp where a few kids are chosen to go onstage and "fight" either Darth Vader or Darth Mal. Sean was chosen! He was a very good warrior if I do say so myself! :-)