Talent Show

Last night Molly and I were off to her school's annual talent show. The first show was during school hours, but Molly's class was apparently behaving badly and they were not allowed to watch it. Therefore, Molly came home on a mission to attend the 6:45 show. I'm not sure if the teacher acknowledged that if she didn't take them the entire class would be begging their parents to come back that night. Molly of course held no responsibility for the classes behavior and stated that her and ONE other girl were behaving well...it was everybody else that was acting out. Uh, huh. I'm sure if twenty children were off the wall, you were only an innocent bystander. However, she is afraid of breaking rules, and since I have no letter from her teacher, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt.

Upon arriving at school, we ran into a girl from her class immediately who was being dropped off on the curb. This friend ended up sitting by Molly and I'm pretty sure her parents fed her twelve cups of sugar for dinner. Wow, her stamina and energy were impressive. Luckily, once the show started she was coming down from her high so I didn't have to be that "mean mom". Anyway, Molly insisted on bringing a notebook to the talent show and I had no idea why, but saw no reason to argue. Once we arrived, she handed me the notebook and insisted that I take notes. Of course. How did I not see that coming. I wrote as she dictated and the following are her notes:

6:45 Talent Show
-Lots of People
-Too Many People, I can't hear
-Tons of kids, too many kids
-We are at a talent show in the gym at Hedges School
-Chicken Dance
-That song was nice
-5th graders danced in bathrobes and poodle skirts
-Boy and girl sang from High School Musical
-Girl sang while her Dad played guitar

After leaving the show I asked Molly what act was her favorite...she stated "The Bird Song" (that would be girl singing "Blackbird" while her Dad played Guitar). I then asked if she'd want to be in the talent show. She said she did and she wanted to do a dance routine with the lights out and the glow-in-the-dark jewelry. (There were two acts like this). We had a good time overall and saw some great acts by neighborhood friends, even if the event did seem to go on...and on.