Seth and I were a little skeptical that the role was as big of an honor as Rebekah made it sound, but she explained that the stink bug was the main role of the bug play. She got to walk across the stage several times while the rest of the children shouted, "Ew!" and held their noses, and she had the most lines to memorize. And boy ... I think she had those lines memorized the day she came home from school with them.
Here's our little stink bug:
Singing with the rest of the bugs on stage.
Saying one of her three parts.
The entire cast. I couldn't believe the costumes! They had a praying mantis, butterflies, army ants, bees, a maggot, ladybugs, beetles, etc.
Buzzing around the stage. The kids were paired up and told to buzz around their partners, but Bekah was the odd one out, so she just buzzed by herself.
Miriam, Analee (playing with Bekah's costume), Bekah and Seth (that's his hand on the video camera) following the play.
Bekah showing us her stink bug report. Each kid got to research their bug and draw a picture to go with it.