Go! Heaven! Go!

On Saturday, Heaven had his first public performance.

His school, ISYC, celebrated its annual grandparents' day. Students in each class performed for their Lolos and Lolas. ISYC had a cool theme of Original Pilipino Music. Songs from the 70s down to the last decade came alive as ISYC pre-schoolers jumped, jived, and wiggled to the tunes of Bongga Ka Day to Hataw Na!.

Heaven and his classmates wore jerseys, acting out the roles of cheerdancers. When it was their turn to perform, the stage went dark and behind the curtain, we could hear them being ushered to their places. And then it started; one by one, the children began to cry.

We were worried that Heaven was one of them. It was dark and an ominous curtain was in front of them. And imagine what the kids were seeing when the curtain slowly opened and the lights went glaring.

All the children had to do was to wave their pompoms. And Heaven did his part. He waved his pompoms until the music ended and curtains closed.

We were as proud as any parent could be. We were proud that he wore his jersey in time for the dance. (He did not want to at first.) We were proud that he waved his pompoms properly. (We were watching out if he would hit the classmate beside him.) We were proud that he did not cry. (He was just too sleepy after his first grand performance.)

One big cheer for the little fella!