{And Then There Were Two.....}

So while I started doing the leg work, finding out what was necessary in order for Lil Diva to start on this whirlwind adventure, I was confident that Lil Man, who was 7 at the time, was deeply enthralled in baseball.  He had moved up from Little League to Coach Pitch.   He looked absolutely adorable in his uniform, and although his time in the outfield was better spent making circles in the grass or dirt, he enjoyed his time in the dugout or at bat.

Or so I thought....

The end of the Spring season was quickly approaching.  Lil Diva's 1st drama recital was done and over with, and she was about to get dropped off at her last dance classes before her upcoming 6th dance recital.  Lil Man had a game on the same evening as her dance class.  I made arrangements with another mom...I would drop him off at the baseball field and she would watch him while I drove Lil Diva to her dance school.

Lil Man- I don't want to go to baseball.
Me- Oh Lil Man, don't be silly.  You love baseball.  Get your cleats on.
Lil Man- No Mom, I don't.  I liked it last year, but I don't like coach pitch.  I don't want to do it anymore.

With that, tears rolled down his cheeks.  I couldn't believe it!  He didn't want to do baseball?  He loved being with his friends.  Of course, not as much as he loves playing video games.  And I thought.  Hmmm perhaps he's saying this because I had just torn him away from a game of Super Mario Galaxy.  In my mind, Lil Man didn't want to do this anymore because he much preferred to stay home watching tv or playing video games.  So on the ride to the field he kept saying he didn't want to do this, he didn't want to play baseball anymore.

Me- Well, Lil Man, fine.  You finish off the season and you don't have to do baseball.  But I will tell you one thing.  You will have to join another activity.  You will not be home everyday playing video games and watching TV.
 Lil Man- That's fine.
Me- Do you know what you would like to do instead of baseball?
Lil Man- Yes.
Me- What would that be?
Lil Man- I want to act.

I was floored.  Act? He had never said he had a desire to do acting.  I made certain he was serious.  I looked into drama classes for him at the same place Lil Diva attended.  And then waited for summer to end before enrolling him, thinking for sure he would change his mind and do karate or something else.  I was wrong... 


September soon arrived and instead of me asking Lil Man if he was sure he wanted to take acting classes, he beat me to the punch.  So who was I to say no.  The day of the classes would  come, he would go to class and it was always the same.  Hey Lil Man how was class?  Answer was always the same "Good".  What did you do? "Oh played acting games and practiced commercials and monologues."  But he would never show me what he'd learned.  So I was not sure what to expect at the end of year recital.


What I saw shocked me!  Lil Man totally commanded the stage and not an ounce of nerves.  There was only one word to describe him....he's a natural.  He then told me he also wanted to pursue acting.


Where there were once one...now there were two.  Should make for a very busy and eventful ride!