Viva, I believe, is my social butterfly and the least shy of the kiddos. I had further proof of this at church in the last couple weeks! Every Sunday, before the service starts, our church ward has a small child standing at the front of the chapel with folded armw - to model reverence/remind everyone to keep it down as they are arriving and getting settled in.
Once kids make it into Primary and out of nursery they end up on the rotation list and can expect to be asked to be the reverence child at some point. Bentley has given it a try before - he didn't last too long though, once people started showing up he couldn't take the pressure!
A few weeks ago we were early and the reverence child wasn't there, so Viva was asked if she wanted the job. She, of course, said yes. She stood very nicely with folded arms (although she did frown a little bit as the chapel filled up!). She did a perfect job. In fact, she was so determined to stand still and be reverent that she became stuck to the floor and when she was thanked for doing her job/told she could go back to her seat... she couldn't move! Her Father had to rescue her!
The following Sunday was Mother's Day. On holidays the primary kids often go up to the front to do a musical number. Bentley has opted out of this experience for the past year and a half - until this month! Viva lead the way, happy to go up with the group, and her brothers followed her. :)
I'm not sure they were actually singing, but there is always next time!
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