Occasionally we do something right as parents! I know, hard to believe, but one of those things has been encouraging Benjamin to participate in our elementary school plays the last two years. It has been such a great learning and developing experience for him.
This years performance was Seussical, the Musical Jr. It was a great compilation of Dr. Seuss stories, based mostly on Horton Hears a Who! Benjamin was cast as a Wickersham Brother, or one of the monkeys. When he got his part, he came running up to the car and said, "I'M A MONKEY!!" I was a little less than thrilled. I'm quite biased and think that my son could do any part in the play (I think he did have it all memorized by the end...) and thought a monkey wasn't quite good enough for him.
Well, Ben proved me wrong. One of his New Year's Resolutions was to be the best monkey Adelaide Elementary has ever seen. And he did it!! He dressed the part, played the part, and sang the part. I'm still a little biased, but I loved when he came out in his sunglasses and rapper necklace and sang his little heart out. Thank you Ben for showing us that any job worth doing is worth doing well and that we can make the best out of any part we are asked to play in life. Love you monkey boy!
This years performance was Seussical, the Musical Jr. It was a great compilation of Dr. Seuss stories, based mostly on Horton Hears a Who! Benjamin was cast as a Wickersham Brother, or one of the monkeys. When he got his part, he came running up to the car and said, "I'M A MONKEY!!" I was a little less than thrilled. I'm quite biased and think that my son could do any part in the play (I think he did have it all memorized by the end...) and thought a monkey wasn't quite good enough for him.
Well, Ben proved me wrong. One of his New Year's Resolutions was to be the best monkey Adelaide Elementary has ever seen. And he did it!! He dressed the part, played the part, and sang the part. I'm still a little biased, but I loved when he came out in his sunglasses and rapper necklace and sang his little heart out. Thank you Ben for showing us that any job worth doing is worth doing well and that we can make the best out of any part we are asked to play in life. Love you monkey boy!
Ben had a great fan club of cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents that came to support him. We love you guys too!
A person's a person, no matter how small.
~Dr. Seuss
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