Budding Thespian?

From an early age my oldest has always loved music, she
loves to sing and dance but mostly sing.

Last year, she had an interest to try out of the school
play. Having heard many a parent go on and on about how time consuming the play
was I made a parental decision to not have her try out for the play. My thought
was I have a hard enough time getting her to and from school and activities
like CCD and Soccer how on earth will I manage that too? So we conveniently
missed tryouts. (I felt horrible for weeks)

This year try outs came along and both of my older children
tried out. Only Lauren was accepted (not a fun couple nights at the dinner
table thanks Mr. Director!) Practice was twice a week and wasn’t too bad. Then what
I like to refer to as hell week hit. Practice everyday at the high school from
4:30 to 7:30! Ugh!!!! Add that to Soccer CCD and Schoolwork well, it is a
recipe for a huge melt down!

Lauren handled everything beautifully! She was able to
juggle soccer and school work though the morning were a bit rough as she is not
a morning person and she moves at a snails pace.

She had invited all of our neighbors, her grandparents and
even teachers to come see her in her acting debut as a cupcake in Hansel and
Gretel.

She was fully of smiles and humming her song all the time. 

The night of the first show I was nervous for her, would she
remember the songs would she freeze on stage, would her costume stay on? No
need to worry she was cool as cucumber!  Mom was enough of a wreck for both of us!

Can’t wait to see what next years play is…and this time she
will get to try out for speaking roles!!