Suessical Jr.

All the countless hours of practicing finally came to fruition this week as the cast of "Suessical Jr." performed for many audiences. Wed. Thurs. and Fri. they performed a total of five times just for other schools. (Cai Lynn and Jared got to brag to their friends as they sat through a performance with their classmates.) Friday night was the first performance for Family and the public. Saturday they will have their final two performances one a matinee and the other another night performance.

They were AMAZING tonight! AMAZING! I've been told for WEEKS from Michael and other cast members that it was going to be great but it was more that I could have imagined. The talent these kids have and what they were able to pull off from the help of their wonderful teacher was incredible.

Months of practice, weeks of practice that consisted of at least three hours a day six days a week. 98% of the performance was singing and dancing of course but the kids sure pulled it off! I took almost 200 "keepable" pictures, but here are a few...



Michael teasing poor "Horton" as a "Wickersham Brother"


"Maisey" and the "Cat in the Hat"


"Horton" sitting on his egg while the "birds" dance around him.


"Gertrude"





A great ending...



A couple of "Wickersham Brothers", a "Jury Member", and "Jojo" (A who... the main who)



What a wonderful job kids!!!!!!! Absolutely amazing!!!!!!

2nd Grade Concert & Honor Choir

Well, here we are heading towards the end of the year and we have concerts galore. Michael has had choir and strings, Jared has had choir and here is Cai Lynn's concert. The honor Choir sings at the beginning of each concert. This time it was a "Disney" theme and Cai Lynn's theme was "Spring".


Since Michael had "Suessical" practice that night and being so close to the performance he couldn't miss it, I picked him up from school and we saw it performed for the other students.


The Honor Choir



"Do Mi So Mi..." (From the "Aristocats")


Cai Lynn's speaking part





Now it's the real thing, the performance for the parents.


Whistle while you work....


...when you sing your scales and your arpeggios...




Cai Lynn begins her program with her little speach...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0KrsRqcAE





Springtime... I've had this in my head all day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERgmOeouWEI

Random Week in review....

This was another busy week in our home. I already posted pictures of Michael's violin concert, but he has also been practicing for at least 3 hrs a day for his "Seussical" performance. Jared is in "Wizard of Oz" and he has been practicing weekly. This week consisted of Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Young Men's, Drama club practices, strings concert, Mother's Day prep, parent club meeting, spirit week at school, and lots of etc... (Oh, and work for me as well. LOL and it was busy there too with all of our celebrations as well...)

So... here is our week at a glance... well, a bit of it.



I gave the hedgies a bath last night while their cages were cleaned.


I just love this little face! (This is Mama)


And an afternoon outside...


"Twisted Tuesday" at school.



"Dress-up like a book character" at school. Here we have "Captain Underpants" (insert eyeroll here.... yep he went JUST like this to school! Underpants on the outside and the inside.) and "Fancy Nancy"


We got the trampoline FINALLY and we got it up! YAY! (Michael isn't pictured because he jumped prior to practice.



And just a random cute picture of Duchess relaxing on what she thinks are HER bar stools.

Strings Concert

Last night was Michael's last strings concert for the year. It's always a great concert and we love going.



Waiting for his turn...


LOL patiently waiting his turn???


Michael and his buddy Christian


Being goofy!



6th, 7th, 8th and "Golden Strings"


Smile! The camera's watching you!


Jared and I are behind the camera. :-)

They're growing up!

So the babies are ready to go to their new homes soon. We are sure going to miss them! They are so cute and a lot of fun! I took them out in the front yard last week. They love going outside.





Dad and Mom



She just curled up and went to sleep. We spent a long time outside and she was sleepy!


"Uni"




The family