Ayden's end of year celebration was a performance by each child of a Shel Silverstein poem.
His teacher suggested/assigned/worked with the kids to select their poem. She asked Ayden to do "Clooney the Clown". For those unfamiliar with this particular poem, it is quite lengthy to say the least (and by 75%, longer than any of the other chosen poems). Two full pages to be specific.
Ms. Pestes shared with Ayden that in all the years she's done this, the most anyone has been able to perform was one page.
In typical Ayden style, he had the 1st page memorized in full before he made it home that day. And the second page lodged in memory by the time he came home the next.
Weeks later it was time for the performance; his teacher provided the wig, Mimi provided the red nose (at Ayden's insistence), and Ayden provided the performance.
He had articulation, cadence and stage presence.
He was the last act of the show and wow...
I apologize for the video quality, we were in the back and there were restless children by this point!
What we later learned is Ayden didn't only know his poem, but ~ 90% of his classmates' as well.
This kid --- I'm on the edge of my seat to see what God has in store for him
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