Just Give That Boy a Microphone . . .

Zach gave his first talk today in Primary. It's hard to believe that he's a Sunbeam let alone now giving talks. There were two other Sunbeams before him who were to give the opening prayer/Article of Faith practice and a scripture. Neither one was up to doing it, it was just too scary. So their moms did it for them. Then there is my Zach. He went right up there and had no problem talking into the microphone. In fact, he was being quite loud and was practically eating it (not that I haven't seen that before). I actually felt like the only reason he needed me there was because he couldn't read his talk and needed someone to tell him what to say.
Now I have a theory as to why Zach has no fear for talking in Primary into a microphone. First of all, for quite a few months now he's been talking into pretend microphones with Grandma Carmack. Next, Grandma Judy and Grandpa Bob just got the Wii game Rock Band. Those of you who aren't familiar with it (which I have to admit I wasn't until I saw it in action), you can play drums, guitar, and even sing with it (and it has a microphone). Zach absolutely loves playing with it and will sit there and try to sing along with the songs. He's even been singing some of the songs from the game around the house, which includes Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer," Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle," and Michael Jackson's "Beat It" (of course this one is coming out as "Eat It" when Zach sings it, so maybe I should give the credit to Weird Al Yankovic). We sure get a kick out of that, it is so cute.
Zach is certainly a character and we just love how he is so into these things. He is definitely a really fun kid.