Autumn and the Academy

Today Autumn had the opportunity to sing at Curtis' fiances' academy that she teaches at. I really didn't know what to expect except for a bunch of kids. Well that part fulfilled itself with flashing colors. As some of the members can recollect, one girl walked in and said pardon me queen bee coming through, and that she thought she was. Most of us also agreed that if we were teaching the class and had her, she would either be maimed or we would be in jail. Yes, she was that bad. Regardless of that, we walked into the auditorium/gym where we were performing. Thats when I met Noah. Noah was a 4 year old little boy that too be honest I had no clue where his parents were because as we played, no one called his name. The first thing we talked about was how his coat was two sided so he like to show that off to me. Oh yea, big detail, we had to introduce ourselves as Mr. and Ms. (insert last name here). So as were playing catch with a ball on the stage it just goes through his arms and smacks him in the face and rolls off the stage. He as any little boy would do, took a couple steps back and leaps off the stage probably about 4-5 feet off the ground and nearly makes Cassie...er...Ms. Mainero's heart jump out of her chest cause its quite a distance for a little boy to jump. When he walks up the stage I ask him calmly, Noah, can you go over to Ms. Mainero and tell her that next time you will use the stairs instead of jumping because you scared her. He walks over, tugs on her sleeve and says next time I will use the stairs. Really cute. As were performing, one of the girls in the front row tries to count how many of us were in the group and after about well after our first song she finally made it up to 7 and was rejoicing with her friend about her counting ability. The whole time were performing, something behind me would catch my eye and I would look back and there would be little noah  giving me a thumbs up. As we ended he wanted to play ball again but I told him I had to put my "toys" away first. Right before we left I walked back into the gym to see if he was still there and yes, he was there, riding on top of the mats the kids sat on now piled on a cart. He hopped down and gave me a high five and as I was saying bye he said WAIT! I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A HUG AND A KISS! Slight caught off guard I guess I decided to stand there and take it. Autumn has brought me to many people's homes or just the churches for a one time performance and through that I have gotten the chance to meet a lot of little kids that in the short time that I know them I guess make me attached to them. I remember when I first starting going to church and all the babies that I liked to play with and ever since then, I just connect with the kids wherever we go. All I know is that children distract me with their cuteness and I just like their never ending urge to want to play ALL day. Jamie doesn't like when I hold babies cause it is all I want to do when I see one that belongs to people that I know and I think I'm just going to keep on holding them ;) Regardless, today at the academy was a really good experience.