Diva Viva

Yesterday at church it was the once a year children's sacrament meeting presentation--the children ages 3-12 are on the stand in the choir seats facing the congregation. They sing and give short comments on gospel topics. This is the twins first year in the primary and therefore their first year on the stand.

The youngest children are placed in the front row because of their size and their cute factor. They are cute, but not always well behaved. If I had placed a bet beforehand on who would misbehave, I would have bet on Jake. I was so wrong. Miss Viva was trouble and Jake was not only totally well-behaved, but long suffering, too.

The presentation took maybe 45 minutes. Viva attacked Jake at least three times. She was sitting next to him and leaned over and started bending and pulling on his ear. It looked painful, but he just sat there stoically. It was pretty impressive. Another time she poked her finger into his ear. Again, no reaction. Matt and I were both waiting for Jake to wallop her. He just ignored her. She tried a few games on the girl sitting on her other side, too. To give Viva credit there were times when she was well-behaved.

Usually when we sit together as a family at church Viva is very low key. She doesn’t act out hardly ever. I guess being in the spot light fried her ability to make good choices. On the plus side Viva and Jake and Bentley all did a great job with their lines during the presentation. Bentley and Jake sang, too. They were adorable.

After church Kara approached one of Viva's primary teachers and asked her if Viva was ever difficult during primary class. We learned that her two teachers have nicknamed her Diva Viva. The examples they gave of some of her behaviors were not good. We need to have some serious discussions with our little diva. When Kara told Viva they were going to have talk about her poor behavior, Viva said "You can talk, but I'm not going to listen." Our little diva needs an attitude adjustment. And she will get one.