{noah is in need of.....}

a joke book in the worst kind of way. poor thing! he tries so hard and is constantly making up jokes. problem is, not so funny! i tease him about it and he just comes up with another one. joke book is on the agenda for the upcoming birthday. it will spare us all.

another funny thing is that he came home last week and told me he needed a certain CD to take to school because he was going to be in the talent show in music. the next day. hmmm.........we were unable to locate the CD, so he thought he would just wing it, 'i'll be fine.' problem with that was that he didn't know many of the words. so, i gave him the talk about how proud i was that he was excited about it and wanted to do it, but, that this is not something you do the night before, he should have prepared for it, it was his responsbility to tell me about it prior to the night before, etc, etc, etc. and that we would shoot for next year. well, all the way to school the next morning he tried to talk me into running into WM prior to dropping him off so he could be in this talent show. nada.

later that week, we are driving back to school and once again he brings up the talent show. apparently, they had not made it to him in class the previous time, so he decided he would just do it that day enroute to school. again, no preparation, no CD, and i gave him the same speech.

well, it was a crazy day of MD appointments along with the fact i had sent him to school with an empty lunch box. don't ask. so, as i raced to school to take him lunch, i decided to just go pick up lunch for all of us and we would eat with him. a nice surprise! of course, he would be the last one out of class. so, as we waited his teacher came out, saw us and immediately came to me with a very concerned look and explained that his face was a little red from crying. she went on to explain that he was very upset because class was over before he had a chance to sing. she had called down to the music teacher and explained the situation to see if they could give him a chance the next week. his face was definitely a little tear-streaked, but he was so excited to see us that he forgot he was even upset! we had a great lunch and went on our way only to return a short while later to pick him back up. it was never mentioned or thought about again.

until today.

this morning was his first day back since tuesday and we didn't have a car rider with us, so we had a shockingly quite ride to school. it was a little concerning because i started having second thoughts that he should even be going. worried about how hard the day may be for him, etc. when i picked him up this afternoon, it didn't take long to understand that his day had gone well. he was beside himself. he told me what a great day it had been! how he LOVED school! how everything had worked out! etc, etc, etc. when i asked what had made today so great? you got it! he had performed. his music teacher approached him and offered him a whirl. he jumped at it! the little turkey got up and belted out a tim mcgraw song WITHOUT a CD or WITHOUT a moment of practice. he apparently invited some others up to share the spotlight with him, so an instant band was formed. he told me he actually did not know the song as well he thought he did, that he should have practiced and it would have been better with music and that none of there voices "blended" together like they should have. "but, it was still really good."

and, i'm really proud of him! i could have NEVER done anything like that. and, knowing N - I know he was likely very nervous, but, he did it! and, i think he learned a lesson about preparation. it's not such a bad thing. ;)

watch out Tim! my little bird is flying. ;)