The title of this post reflects our daughter's current record for falling off of the stage during preschool Christmas programs. I've reflected on her programs in a
previous post. This year, our Christmas wish was a drama-free performance. And it almost came true...Payton did a great job for the majority of the program. Her dress stayed down, no googly eyes, no bird wings. Just plain old singing. During one of the last songs, the very tall boy standing next to Payton got a little too excited and lost his balance. Arms and legs flailing, he fell off the back of the risers and took Payton right along with him. He immediately stood up, climbed back onto the bleachers, and resumed singing. Not so with Payton. In tears partially due to her hurt leg and partially out of embarassment, Payton lay on the floor behind the rest of the kids. Her teacher had to climb onto the stage, help her up, and sit with her in the pew until she felt better. Going through my head? "Are you kidding me?! Did my daughter really fall off of the stage two years in a row? Wow..." To her credit, she got back up at the end of the song and resumed singing (granted she was one level lower next to a very small girl...) I did not catch the "incident" on film as I was too busy trying to catch Brady. Here are few clips I did get.
On a side note: I was able to snap this great shot of the kiddos this morning. As all of you parents know, it's tough to get a pic where BOTH kids are smiling. PR did a great job trying to tickle Brady and get him to laugh. I included a shot of that too. It just doesn't exactly look like she's TICKLING her brother.
