Yes, Mother, 5 magic beans!

What a great weekend we had watching Ethan starring as Jack in the local children's theater production of 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.  All of the kids in the production did a wonderful job.  Several of our neighborhood kids were also in the play!  What an amazing time for them all.  Amazingly, I was not nervous about watching him (normally I would be a wreck).

As his mom I was proud that he had the lead.  It was only his second time auditioning for a play.  But even more important to me are the strides that I have seen my 'baby boy' make in the last few years.  He has totally stepped out of his own comfort zone and done things we NEVER would have imagined him doing.  When he was younger he would be stifled by his own anxiety, and thus trying new things rarely happened.  He always shied away from being on a stage.  Social aspects have always been the hardest for him.

I guess, in short, after years of encouraging him to try new things he trusted himself enough to 'jump' and he excelled!  As a parent that is wonderful to see.  We take the good with the bad when parenting.  Sometimes when you are in the trenches and the bad is so overwhelming you are not sure those good times are ever going to come.  So when there is a victory it makes you feel like the hard work can pay off.  We are so proud of the young man he is becoming!

Next stop on the theater trail.....tech crew for Alice in Wonderland!

This is Jack!

 This is the beanstalk!

Signing autographs after the show

           The neighborhood gang!

Ethan and Ethan(neighborhood pal)-also the Magic Harp and Milky White!