the mock turtle

Saturday afternoon we did something we've never done before. We went and watched Gumby perform in his very first play - Alice in Wonderland - at our local Art Center. It was pretty cute and, even though he had a rough bout of stage fright beforehand, he did really well. It's almost enough to make me post pictures of it. Or, worse for all of you, video.


I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thrilled that one of my kids is following in both of his parent's drama geek footsteps. But I didn't push this on him. (Just like I didn't push the tennis lessons on him. Hmmm. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't thrilled that one of my kids is following in my tennis geek footsteps. Hmmm. He picked those on his own, too).


I really didn't force this on him. I don't operate that way. Honest. Every season when we get the class schedule, my kids pick something that looks good to them. Surfer Dude has been doing ceramics for a while and really enjoys it. They've each taken a film production class. (Irony there, I know. It's like a bakers kid taking a class on breadmaking). But this time Gumby said he wanted to take a drama class. I said that would be fine and then I went into the other room and did my happy dance (which does not look like I'm having a seizure, I don't care what my husband says).


He seemed to like the class a lot, but I knew that the performance was the test as far as if he wanted to continue. We'd rehearsed his lines over and over for the last few days, but when I drove him to his final dress rehearsal he was a little jittery. At the beginning of the play you could tell that he was not as comfortable as he could be, but as it went on he loosened up considerably. By the end he was actually enjoying himself.


When we met up with him after the play was over he had a huge smile on his face. When asked how he felt he said


I can't wait to do that again. It was awesome!


Is the drama geek gene dominant or recessive?