Annual School Day

Was all set to post about Joel's first annual school day on 13th March, 2008. Thanks to my company blocking access to websites like blogger, this post comes almost a month after that day. :(

Joel was brilliant on stage. I thought he might lose his cool or get self conscious with the lights and seeing an audience. I was also a little worried if he saw me from stage, he might forget what he was supposed to be doing on stage. None of those worries materialised. Though I was cursing myself about not taking an extra set of batteries for the camera.

The little fellow was very confident during his time on stage. I almost had tears in my eyes looking at this fellow standing there without a care, looking at his BINGO dog (another child sitting next to him in a dog costume) and talking to him and generally doing what he was instructed to do. When his song got over, he walks over to the end of the line with the other children, stands there and watches the next set of children do their act.

He had fun on stage. Abu and Nanna who were with me were all smiles. The little boy has grown and how.

The icing of this cake was the certificate of merit he got. I wasn't even aware there was one being given to every child. Joel's certificate appreciated his punctuality, neatness in attire and good behaviour. He's definitely got his dad's genes. His mom was labelled a chatter box from day 1.