It doesn’t matter how many stages Brendan is on or shows he is in, performing on his school stage, with his friends and for his friends is truly special. This year’s show was Aladdin and he loved every minute of it.

During one of the performances – the one the middle school kids were attending – Jasmine’s wig came off. She kept going and he made a joke of it. And those kids gave the biggest ovation. It was something special.

We say over and over again how lucky we are to have a school so committed to the arts. Brendan is a very lucky kid. All the Condon kids are.

Student Share was another opportunity to share a favorite song, their choice was Friend Like Me. I was coordinating it and Chris and Aidan were doing audio backstage. It was a family affair!

Today’s lesson- the world does not revolve around you. Stop and pay attention to the people and things around you.

Brendan tends to live in his own world and not pay attention to things around him (with the exception of theater, costumes, singing and dancing). He was at school for rehearsal yesterday when teachers found out about the snow day, but didn’t notice. It was on the news, but he didn’t notice.

So Aidan decided to prank him and see how long we could make him think it was a typical school day. He took a shower, got dressed, had his uniform on and was ready to go this morning.

It wasn’t until Aidan came in from shoveling that Bren learned school was canceled.

Lesson learned. Pay attention to things around you.