"The Reason I'm not in choir is..."

Dash has been in preschool choir at our church for the last 2 years. He really seemed to like it and tried hard to follow along with and learn all the motions. He had lots of friends from preschool and church at practice and he enjoyed that part too. He talked about being excited to graduate from preschool choir to school aged choir this year. So, naturally when sign up time came, I promptly went to the sign up table and snagged a registration sheet. I was NOT going to be bad mom and totally forget to sign him up or anything like that. No, sirree, I had my boy signed up that first Sunday.

On the way home from church that Sunday, I told him that I had signed him up for choir. And he promptly told me that he didn't want to be in choir. After the shock wore off, I asked him why. I never really got an answer about why, just that he didn't want to. I waited a week or so and talked to him again...still not interested. So, with my head hung low, I went to the registration table and "unregistered" my child. Of course, I had to answer the questions: "Why isn't he interested? He seemed to have so much fun last year." And of course, my answer was, "I don't know."

Well, fast forward to tonight, about 5 weeks later. Stinkerbell is in drama mode because she doesn't understand why his choir had sign up already. Why hasn't her choir started? And why can't Dash go with her this year? But whyyyyyy? During tonight's whining session, er, I mean discussion, Dash informed her why he was not in choir.

"The reason why I am not in choir is because I didn't want to have to go to the bathroom in the middle of a song."

I did follow up to find out if this had been a problem last year. He told me it had been but just during a practice. Apparently, that one instance left quite an impression on him...and has ended all chances of an American Idol appearance in the future.