I totally know that I will feel so much better after I get this vent out of my system. It may be a little long, so hang in there! Background info: My DD6 had her kindergarten school play this evening. It was called "Bugs" and all 170 kids dressed as different kinds of bugs (army ants, bees, spiders, etc.) My DD was a butterfly. They have been practicing their lines and songs and dances for several weeks. My DD and I worked very hard making her beautiful butterfly wings - she was psyched!
What a night it was! Since this is the first year their school has done a K play, I guess they didn't realize what the turnout was going to be. Well they completely underestimated the amount of people/family members that were going to be there. It was standing room only by 6:00 and by 6:30 the cafeteria was bursting with people. It was ridiculous. Well I (along with a few other people) had the brilliant idea of sitting on the floor in front of the first row of people. Great seats, right? Wrong! When all 170 kindergarteners filed in, they sat on the steps of the stage, on risers at the back of the stage and risers on the floor by the side of the stage. Well, this wasn't enough to hold all of the kids because I had about 20 little kids stand right in front of me with their back to the audience so they could watch the teacher who was leading the songs and dance. So I stared at butts the whole time.
Then, right before the play started, DH thought it was a brilliant idea to give me the video camera. Um, HELLO! I already had the digital camera AND DD19mos. on my lap. Are you kidding me?!!!!!! There were so many people, I couldn't even see where my DD had disappeared to.
Well, because I was juggling so many things, I totally missed when she got up to say her lines (not like I could see her very well anyway). I think I recorded maybe the last line of what she memorized. There were a ton of kids that came up to the microphone in groups of twos or threes and there were some that came up by themselves to recite their lines. You could barely hear any of the kids b/c they spoke so quietly (even w/ the mic) and mumbled the words together. I figured DD would end up playing the "shy" game and not say her lines very clearly. However, she said them PERFECTLY! She said them nice and loud, slowly and clearly and the whole audience was like "awwww" and did the little chuckling thing. We were so proud of her! 
At this point, her attitude totally did a 180. She sat on the steps of the stage w/ a scowl on her face, even crying once.
She stood up when it was time to sing and dance but she just stood there. Apparently some kids were making fun of her wings and I have no idea why. (Her aunt told her after the fact that the kids were just jealous). She did have the best wings out there, if I do say so myself! Well, she took that to heart and was in a bad mood the whole rest of the play. Even when I picked her up from her class, she was sitting at her seat upset. Her teacher 
and I exchanged a knowing look, DD collected her things and we left. THEN she decided to smile and run and play. Ugggghhhh!
So after a totally overcrowded cafeteria/auditorium, a grumpy butterfly, juggling two cameras and a 19 month old, and a rude old man standing in front of me trying to take pictures of his grandson (he had to be escorted to another part of the room by the asst principal b/c of his rudeness), it was a very long night. That man just shrugged me off when I asked him nicely to sit down.
Now here's the kicker...wait for it...
I am so glad that I don't know how to throw a punch because I probably would have decked the lady sitting a few seats down from me. Unaware that DD belonged to me, she made the comment "That little butterfly up there is a nasty little girl. All she's done is scowl and cry the whole time." I exchanged a few choice words with her and told her to keep her comments to herself. Then she told me that "she's ruining the play. She's front and center and she's just standing there." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!
Where do these people come from? I was so angry I was shaking. It was probably HER kid that was making fun of DD's wings. 
So the night was a total wash. I don't even know if I have any good pictures and the video of it is basically just of people's butts and the occasional peek at DD through the throngs of kids. So another day goes by. I just wish that DD would have had a better time - she had practiced her songs and her lines for so long and was so excited...I'm so sad.
Thanks for letting me vent...I feel much better now!
What a night it was! Since this is the first year their school has done a K play, I guess they didn't realize what the turnout was going to be. Well they completely underestimated the amount of people/family members that were going to be there. It was standing room only by 6:00 and by 6:30 the cafeteria was bursting with people. It was ridiculous. Well I (along with a few other people) had the brilliant idea of sitting on the floor in front of the first row of people. Great seats, right? Wrong! When all 170 kindergarteners filed in, they sat on the steps of the stage, on risers at the back of the stage and risers on the floor by the side of the stage. Well, this wasn't enough to hold all of the kids because I had about 20 little kids stand right in front of me with their back to the audience so they could watch the teacher who was leading the songs and dance. So I stared at butts the whole time.
Then, right before the play started, DH thought it was a brilliant idea to give me the video camera. Um, HELLO! I already had the digital camera AND DD19mos. on my lap. Are you kidding me?!!!!!! There were so many people, I couldn't even see where my DD had disappeared to. Well, because I was juggling so many things, I totally missed when she got up to say her lines (not like I could see her very well anyway). I think I recorded maybe the last line of what she memorized. There were a ton of kids that came up to the microphone in groups of twos or threes and there were some that came up by themselves to recite their lines. You could barely hear any of the kids b/c they spoke so quietly (even w/ the mic) and mumbled the words together. I figured DD would end up playing the "shy" game and not say her lines very clearly. However, she said them PERFECTLY! She said them nice and loud, slowly and clearly and the whole audience was like "awwww" and did the little chuckling thing. We were so proud of her! At this point, her attitude totally did a 180. She sat on the steps of the stage w/ a scowl on her face, even crying once.
She stood up when it was time to sing and dance but she just stood there. Apparently some kids were making fun of her wings and I have no idea why. (Her aunt told her after the fact that the kids were just jealous). She did have the best wings out there, if I do say so myself! Well, she took that to heart and was in a bad mood the whole rest of the play. Even when I picked her up from her class, she was sitting at her seat upset. Her teacher and I exchanged a knowing look, DD collected her things and we left. THEN she decided to smile and run and play. Ugggghhhh! So after a totally overcrowded cafeteria/auditorium, a grumpy butterfly, juggling two cameras and a 19 month old, and a rude old man standing in front of me trying to take pictures of his grandson (he had to be escorted to another part of the room by the asst principal b/c of his rudeness), it was a very long night. That man just shrugged me off when I asked him nicely to sit down.
Now here's the kicker...wait for it...
I am so glad that I don't know how to throw a punch because I probably would have decked the lady sitting a few seats down from me. Unaware that DD belonged to me, she made the comment "That little butterfly up there is a nasty little girl. All she's done is scowl and cry the whole time." I exchanged a few choice words with her and told her to keep her comments to herself. Then she told me that "she's ruining the play. She's front and center and she's just standing there." ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!
Where do these people come from? I was so angry I was shaking. It was probably HER kid that was making fun of DD's wings. So the night was a total wash. I don't even know if I have any good pictures and the video of it is basically just of people's butts and the occasional peek at DD through the throngs of kids. So another day goes by. I just wish that DD would have had a better time - she had practiced her songs and her lines for so long and was so excited...I'm so sad.
Thanks for letting me vent...I feel much better now!
