APR 9, 2009 - Big Events (6)

My kindergarten son won a speech contest in October at his school. He dressed up as Jesse Owens and gave 3 minute, memorized speech as if he was Jesse Owens. The principal of his school requested that he say the speech again at a school event. The principal gave us less than a weeks notice, so I was less than enthused. I didn't want to put the pressure on him to learn the speech again in such a short time. I didn't say no at first, but after I talked it over with my husband, we decided to decline. However, my son's teacher had asked him directly, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. I didn't want to help him learn it, so he asked me to print it out, and he read the speech over and over on his own. He learned it again, and he performed it perfectly at the event. I was so proud of him.

Just as the principal was singing his praises after he sat back down with us at a big table in the front, he let out the biggest BURP, then he started to laugh. (He claims it was an accident, but I don't believe him. He just learned to burp and he does it ALL the time.) Then, my husband started to laugh. Then, my other son started to laugh. No one else was laughing--just them. Eventually, I gave signal to my husband make a run for it, but my husband was really slow to get the hint. The whole thing was really funny and embarrassing, at the same time.