We thought the party idea was great. His primary teacher was nice enough to pick David up around 10 am and take him to the church. The first 2 hours were supposed to be devoted to practicing for the program. Then they were going to have a lunch and do a party involving the decoration of sugar cookies! As far as we know it went well. Around 1:30 pm David was brought home by his primary teacher and he had a plate of sugar cookies that were neatly decorated. He also had a 5 helium filled balloons that the boys have been playing with (non-stop) ever since. (These balloons have been the source of numerous contentious activities since yesterday afternoon.)
Today at church David seemed pretty excited to get on the stand so that he could do his part in the program. He pointed out his seat and made sure I knew which seat he was going to sit in, even though he had to wait until after the sacrament had been passed to the congregation before he could go up there. But once he got up there he didn't seem quite as eager to participate (go figure). He did say he part very well and he participated in most of the singing. At one point, after saying his part and having to go to the "back of the line" while the rest of his class said their parts, he decided to sit on the banister! I could just see him falling off and breaking his other arm, not to mention that sitting on the banister in the chapel in front of the congregation (during the services) isn't the most reverent activity a future missionary could be doing!
(contraband pictures of David speaking at the podium)
