Keep on rockin'

A few weeks ago we got a memo from the school.  There was an upcoming variety show audition.  A few days went by and as I sifted through papers for recycling, I asked my oldest if he was interested in auditioning. 

"Why, what would I do?"

Me: "I don't know, do your Michael Jackson dance routine or something...everyone LOVES that!"

"Nahhhh, I don't want to do that"

"What about something else?"

"Nope."

So I as put the papers away, I suddenly remembered that, during at a sleepover at our house, my son & his friend did some "jamming" with guitars (PaperJamz) and iTunes.  They put on quite a show.

So I said, "Wait, what about doing a rock 'n' roll show?!"

"Yeahhhhhh, okay!"

The following week we had a "rehearsal" with his friends. Pizza for dinner, the jammin' in the basement followed.   I offered wigs, sunglasses...you name it. We had some serious laughs, and finally  the dress code was discussed by the rockstars - of course ripped jeans & t-shirts was the planned attire.

The day of the rehearsal I was working (heartbreaking!!) so I sent my camera to school with a note to PLEEEEEASE record their performance. (No, I didn't really write PLEEEEEASE!)

This is what the end result was...
  

  

It was amazing...my dude was totally rockin' it!  (just like we do at home when we lip sync and dance around the house)

I was SO amazing and impressed and proud of him.

 No, this wasn't an academic A+ but this experience was much better than that in my opinion!

The fact that he was so confident, so cool, so INTO what he was doing made me so happy.

There are a lot of people in this world who can't ever just let loose...and never really live in the moment. My little guy was able to just BE himself and afterwards he told me wasn't even nervous before going on stage.  Wow!! 

Confidence is so very important for kids - as a parent I think it's vital to make our children feel good about themselves.

I just think it's soooo cool that my little guy has such a fun-loving personality : )

We all have our moments where we waiver, we all have our moments of self doubt, but with positive, fun and affirming experiences, we can teach our kids that no matter what the situation, they can work through it and still be awesome.

I can safely say when I was in elementary school I would not have been able to pull this off.... and a very serious part of my job as a mom is to help my kids have confidence, feel good about themselves and ROCK it, in every moment, everytime, whatever that may mean to them.

: )
Keri