All About Em.
I may have mentioned that a couple of weeks ago, Emily tried out for her school talent show. Her talent? Telling jokes. Pretty big for an kid with autism who doesn’t like to make eye contact and routinely tells us that she just doesn’t want to talk right now.
Well, today was the show! I asked Emily how she felt onstage, and she told me, “I felt so, so, so, so, excited!”
Em’s teacher said that onstage, she was very confident and expressive, “like she is when she’s reading sometimes, with the eyebrows and everything” and was loud and clear. (Em does have a very expressive voice when she reads, giving things a lot of appropriate and sometimes dramatic inflection.) Her teacher says that Em got good laughs from the kids.
I asked Emily to tell me a joke that she told at the talent show: “What goes ‘ha ha ha plop plop?’ An audience laughing their heads off!”
Then when they got back to the class, she spontaneously started leading the class in song and dance. It was a song about “thumbs up, thumbs down” that she learned in school. You know, for a kid with Emily’s challenges, she really has shown an affinity for showbiz. She is, at her request, having a week of drama camp this summer.
My baby was born to be a star!
That’s awesome!
That’s awesome!
I KNOW!!! 🙂
I KNOW!!! 🙂
Woot!! Way to go Em!
And you know .. that joke made ME laugh out loud in my office, so I’m sure the kids at school loved it. ::laughing::
Woot!! Way to go Em!
And you know .. that joke made ME laugh out loud in my office, so I’m sure the kids at school loved it. ::laughing::
Just don’t laugh your head off!
Just don’t laugh your head off!
Yay to the drama camp! My brother (with autism) has been doing kids theatre for years and I really think it has worked wonders for his confidence and social skills.
Yay to the drama camp! My brother (with autism) has been doing kids theatre for years and I really think it has worked wonders for his confidence and social skills.
That is beyond awesome. I’m so glad for you and Em.
That is beyond awesome. I’m so glad for you and Em.
So cool! Want to share some of my favorite jokes? It’s ok if you don’t but they crack me up!
What did the 0 say to the 8?
Nice belt.
What’s invisible and smells like carrots?
Bunny farts
What do vegetarian zombies eat?
GRAAAIIIINNSSS!!
So cool! Want to share some of my favorite jokes? It’s ok if you don’t but they crack me up!
What did the 0 say to the 8?
Nice belt.
What’s invisible and smells like carrots?
Bunny farts
What do vegetarian zombies eat?
GRAAAIIIINNSSS!!
Hee!
Hee!
Thanks!
Thanks!
You know, every time she’s gotten on stage, she’s done well. I should stop being surprised now.
You know, every time she’s gotten on stage, she’s done well. I should stop being surprised now.
That is just too cool. You must be so so proud. That’s such a triumph for your girl. Can’t wait to hear about drama camp!
That is just too cool. You must be so so proud. That’s such a triumph for your girl. Can’t wait to hear about drama camp!
The bunny fart one was the first joke my niece could ever tell. She was about three and it was hilarious because she would run around yelling BUNNY FARTS BUNNY FARTS and would forget to ask the question.
The bunny fart one was the first joke my niece could ever tell. She was about three and it was hilarious because she would run around yelling BUNNY FARTS BUNNY FARTS and would forget to ask the question.
Sounds like she’s gonna love that camp!
(And cripe, when does school let out there??)
Sounds like she’s gonna love that camp!
(And cripe, when does school let out there??)
Yay Emily! That is soooooooooo cool.
Yay Emily! That is soooooooooo cool.
Thank you! To quote Em, I am so, so, so, so excited!
Thank you! To quote Em, I am so, so, so, so excited!
Yesterday. And lemme tell you, it gets HOT in those trailers.
Yesterday. And lemme tell you, it gets HOT in those trailers.
Woot!
Woot!
I’ve been so excited reading about her developing comedy skillz!
I’ve been so excited reading about her developing comedy skillz!