Heyyy, Macaroni!

02 Oct

Posted by: Lizzie

When you grow up in a theater family, it is really, REALLY hard to put aside all you’ve learned and truly enjoy a first grade play. Especially if you went to a creative arts school in elementary, middle, and high school like I did, public elementary school productions are hardly comparable.

At least first graders are cute. And when they are singing “We’ve Got the Whole Globe in Our Hands” to the tune of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”, it’s even cuter. Instead of singing about “itty bitty babies”, though, they’re singing about all the continents:

“We’ve got EURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-OPE, in our hands!” Emphasis on the RRR. Cause this is the South after all.

In a lunchroom/auditorium full of screaming toddlers, whining babies, and parents who are only paying attention to and running their own commentary on what their little angels are doing, I think I handled myself quite well. I didn’t seek out the child that yelled during the final ten minutes or throw things at the teachers who talked the entire way through. In fact, I had to tell Corey to be quiet once, even though the parents sitting two rows up were yakking it up.

And guess what?! My child now knows how to do the Macarena. I’m so proud. Thankfully, whoever taught them their dance substituted a twirl at the end for hip gyrations. I was horrified at first, but then I got tickled. Even still, it’s good my mother and I were sitting in the back row because we could hardly contain our giggles.

Aiden, who was very concerned about our enjoyment to the point that he was asking me again this morning if I liked his play, had the “Eight Spiral Notebooks” part in their “Twelve Days of First Grade” song. If you guessed that it was sung to the tune of “Twelve Days of Christmas,” you are correct, sir! He proudly held up his poster when it was his turn, displaying his eight spiral notebooks with all the energy of a typical first grader. I’m surprised he didn’t hurl himself backward with all the force he used to whip that card up in the air.

Congratulations on a job well done, Aiden. Years from now, when you find Macarena videos on youtube or whatever popular video website is in fashion, I hope it doesn’t give you nightmares.

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