In Recovery

I'm still trying to recover from the fiasco that was "parent's night" last night at church choir. Of course, the one kid who has only been to choir twice this whole year was the first to show up with mom, dad, and 2 brothers in tow to watch him perform....not sure what they were expecting him to perform since he hadn't been there to learn anything we were doing. This paticular kid is in JR's Sunday School class, and JR LOVES him, so that sent JR right over the edge. It's been awhile since I've seen JR act that crazy. We started out in our choir room, so the kids weren't on risers yet, they were just standing next to/on top of each other. For the first song, I passed out these little lights for them to have while they were singing and dancing to the first song. So can you guess what they did...Let's see...some cried, some stood there, some moved around a little bit (then came and told me they were tired during the middle of the song), but pretty much none of them did what they were supposed to be doing. JR, the boy that never comes, and another little boy took their lights and used them to hit and slap each other the whole time. Of course they had somehow positioned themselves next to the little girl who never talks and cries every week. So with all the hitting, slapping, and acting crazy they were doing, she got knocked down, or hit her in the face, or something else to put her into hysterics. They next 20 minutes was pretty much more of the same, just different songs that they acted like they had never heard before and had no idea what to do. After that was over, we walked them down to get on the risers so they could perform Away in the Manger and Jingle Bells.

Here they are doing Away in the Manger.




Now, check out JR's face during Jingle Bells. He is furious at me for not letting him stand by his friend and putting him between 2 girls.



Is it possible to get fired as a church choir teacher? And if not, can they at least find me a helper?!