I forgot to post about the Primary program we had in October, so here you go. Brody had two lines to say and memorized them before they even started practicing. That was the easy part. The hard part was actually getting him to say them. His friend Avery was positioned to say hers just before him so he would follow her up. That was a great move on the Primary presidency's part. During practices he did great (I caught a glimpse of him one time and he talked nice and loud into the microphone), mostly because he didn't have parents watching him. We were hopeful.
On the actual day, we were nervous that he would be nervous and not want to say anything. His first and only program last year didn't turn out so well. John forcibly took him up there and then he shrugged in his seat the whole time, refusing to sing, hoping that no one would see him. He has come a long way since then. But in order to not repeat history, we decided that a good bribe was in order. He picked a candy bar of his choice that he could eat once we got home from church if he did the best he could do on his part and tried not to be shy. He picked peanut butter M&M's and was very excited about the prospect of eating those. He told many friends and his primary teacher about his prize. The primary program started and he went up to sit in his seat without being shy. He quietly sang most of the songs, but still he stood up and sang! Then it was time for his part. He got up and waited until the other kids were done with theirs, and then stood up on the stool with his mouth right to the microphone and said, loudly and proudly, "In August, I had my birthday and I turned 8 years old! That means I have 2 years and 10 months to prepare myself to be baptized!" (With lots of emphasis on the bold words) It was very funny and it was the first laughter from the congregation. He didn't seem to notice and turned around and went right back to his seat.
He did such a good job and we were so proud of him! This year he has grown a lot in overcoming his shyness. I think a lot of it is because he had done things once already, like prayers, talks, and singing in church. He always has a hard time if he has never done something before, as are most people. In his case though, he just refuses to do it. He still hates to say hello, goodbye, and thank you's to other people sometimes, but you can tell he is growing up and getting better at it.
Today he sang in church with a small group of kids to the whole congregation. They actually sang with a part of the ward choir's musical number. That same number was being played at the "Let Us Sing Thanksgiving" put on by the RSM Interfaith Council that was held in our building this year during the 3rd hour. They have it every year and it changes location each time. They have leaders from the different religions making up the council speak and each religion has their own musical numbers. I wasn't able to attend as I was helping in nursery with Piper. John sat with Brody while he waited for his chance to go up. Both times the group sounded great. Brody sang softly and mumbled the words while the girls carried the number. Then the first time, while he was up waiting for the song to be done, he decided picking his nose would be fun. He saw us motioning, "Stop!" and then thought it was funny and put his whole hand in front of his mouth to hide doing it, when it didn't in fact hide it, it just looked worse. Thankfully, that song ended and he got to sit down. He didn't do it the second time, but apparently the other kids were the show stoppers and making funny faces to the audience. That is what you get when kids have been sitting in church for 3 hours. Too funny. :)
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