Spring Play

Dear Beatrice,

Yesterday morning your class performed a spring play.  You were brilliant in it!  You smiled.  You were focused. Confident.  Enjoyed yourself.  You stayed on your mark (masking tape) on stage.  You knew every word of every song.  You belted it out in a way in which Ethel Merman would have been proud.  You commanded attention from the audience members, and each smiled while they watched you.  You had incredible stage presence. You were the talk of the show. I couldn't believe what difference a year made.  Oh, you were great last year too, but at 3 1/2, it was hard for you to keep up with the speed of the music, remember all the lyrics, and at that point you were more interested in pretend cooking than in what was going on.  But now you are acting like a 5-year old more and more every single day.  You are enjoying life at a new level, and it so much fun to watch you and be in your presence. If only Daddy had come at the right time with the camera and video, then we'd have more to remember it by than this one photo of you on stage after the show was done! If only Mama had read the memo more carefully to see that it was a non-uniform day and had she dressed you in a fun spring outfit like the other kids, then maybe you wouldn't have been the only drably dressed one in the bunch!  You never mentioned either of those things though, my sweet girl.  You see the best in us all the time.  Thank you for being you. You are the star of our show every single day.

Love, Mama