Goosebumps

There's upheaval in the entire elementary department these days. The kids are a little more excited than usual and a little more hyper (So help me God!!). Children go missing from my classes for rehearsals and get away with it. We suddenly get summoned down just when I'm about to explain why chocolate isn't THAT healthy (what a hypocrite, I know:P). The entire administration staff's stress levels have skyrocketed and have become highly irritable (bursting into sudden fits of yelling for no apparent reason) .
Yep, it's this time of year. The awarding ceremony for the high achievers of the first semester!
I was down at the theatre with the kids just now, as they rehearsed how to move around and were instructed to constantly wave. It was pretty hilarious observing them. Some looked like they were waving off an annoyingly persistent fly. Others' hands just stood up in the air, motionless. I was convinced some kids were conducting their own "hand dance piece", which was pretty entertaining. But Soud (he has specifically instructed me to spell his name that way, although I'm convinced it's spelled Saud! But he won the argument). So anyway, back to Soud. He was a picture perfect. Walking with a huge grin, and waving his hand serenely and effortlessly as if he waved his hand for a living. I'm telling you, the Pope would be proud!

The kids were also practising for a play, I'm not sure about the name but it's about a big greedy dragon which eats all the village's food. It's pretty cute!

As the music started, and the kids moved around waving, carrying the biggest fattest grins on the planet, I instantly got goosebumps and nearly choked up. I love those kids.

Darn, and that's only during the rehearsal and I don't even have kids of my own. I wonder what the parents would do on Sunday. I hate to think what would've happened to me had I been one of the parents. It'll be quite the scene, that's for sure!