Pride and jealousy

Xander was awesome in his school play on Friday.  There were two self-selecting groups of kids, one which performed in the musical, and one in the song-and-dance number.  Xander chose the latter.  I could tell he was nervous at first, but then he seemed to get into it.  Who knew he was so good at following choreography?

The pieces, in case you're wondering, were "Wakko's America" from the Animaniacs, which lists every state and its capitals, Pharrell's "Happy," and Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten."

Ari was enthralled but also jealous.  He wanted to sit with Xander at the beginning, go up on stage with him, be in Patty's class, etc.  We actually had to have a major talk with him because after it all ended and the kids were having free play, another kid, Ava, told Ari that he was her best friend.  And [you can never say I sugar-coat my life online, people] he punched her, hard, and told her that he wanted Xander to be his best friend instead.  Aagh!

When we left Ava was in tears, Ari was all huffy because he got in trouble, and Xander was sullen because he didn't want to go home.  Connor was the only one who wasn't crying in the car, purely because he was a limp noodle who fell asleep the minute we started the engine.

A sad ending to an otherwise wonderful evening.