Picture Post!

We had a birthday party for Hannah today, her actual birthday isn't until August but we had her party early because we'll be gone on her actual birthday. It was a different party--only a few of our long time, known 'em forever friends were able to come. Darn music camp! Instead we had a motley crew of kids from church, theatre, friends of friends, old friends, new friends, etc. The kids had a blast. I have more pictures but I think I'll make them into their own post later. It was a morning party since it's so hot and we needed to have it outside. Yesterday morning when I finally sat down to plan this party I googled, "outdoor easy brunch party ideas" and got the idea to do a donut cake. I think this may become our signature birthday cake--it was so easy and the kids loved it. Easy to make (buy the donuts), easy to assemble, easy to serve, and easy to clean up.
The above picture is the catch all in our house. I've been extremely lax in cleaning my house the last week and it has gotten bad. See those three lunchboxes--they have been there since last Thursday. Yep, can you say "eeeewwww." Thankfully, when I finally got around to cleaning tonight and opened them they were not too gross. Just stale chips and stuff like that. I got the whole living room decluttered and the dishes done and fridge cleaned out tonight. Tomorrow is the big cleaning day--dusting, vacuuming, bathrooms, etc. I can't wait. Really. I HATE living in a mess but sometimes life gets busy and it can't be helped. My momma will be here Thursday though and there is nothing that gets me motivated to clean my house like my momma coming to town.
Love this picture--Grace was reading to Landon and he actually looks like he's listening to her.
I took this picture one day last week--poor Joe sacked out on the floor in front of the fan at about 6:30 one night. Theatre camp just wore him out!
I just had to share these birthday cards--this one is from Julie and the one below from Aunt Harriet and Uncle Billy. Both gave me a good laugh!



Here are a bunch of pictures from "Dear Edwina" and the Cabaret--enjoy! If you want to see videos, go to Youtube and do a search for "bookwormmomof3" and you'll find my channel. That's where all the videos are now.

Videos on Youtube and Theatre Chat

I have been having some technical difficulties with blogspot and can't seem to get my videos to upload. Soooo, I put them all on Youtube. If you do a search for "bookwormmomof3" you can see them. The kids have done great this weekend. The Cabaret has been a huge hit and "Dear Edwina" is one of my favorite shows they've ever done! It is so cute and funny and touching. I actually found myself getting choked up at the end when poor Edwina didn't get asked to the Advice-a-palooza and was singing about not being on the fridge with her siblings. It's been fun having all three kids in the shows. They are all so different in their personalities and on the stage and I've loved watching each of them shine in their own way. Joe has been downright adorable and hilarious. He has his biggest part ever in "Dear Edwina," and the duet he and Hannah do is so cute in the Cabaret. Grace has shocked everyone with her singing ability but she is still a little shy on stage. Hannah is pretty much the complete opposite of shy--she has so much confidence now on stage and her voice is so big! It took her a long time to learn how to sing loud but she has no problem with it now. It's been a fun weekend so far and I'm looking forward to seeing Edwina one more time tomorrow. Then I'm going to crash BIG TIME!!! I always do after a busy show weekend. Thankfully we have almost nothing going on on Monday. We finally get a quiet, calm summer day.

High School Musical 2 Pictures

I have lots of video I want to share eventually but I'm having some technical difficulties in that area, I'll get it figured out eventually though. For now, here are some pictures from our weekend. I hope to get some of the kids on stage eventually when I can download them. These are from after the show. Here's Hannah in the receiving line shaking hands with the "fans." And below with Madi, aren't they cute?

Hannah played Kelsi in this show so she spent quite a bit of time at this keyboard.
Here she is with "Jack Scott," aka Jonathan. Their characters were kind of an "item" for this show.
And, the only picture my sweet son would pose for. The guy behind Tyler played Troy in the show.
Hannah and Ms. Amanda. I have taken a picture of her with Amanda after every show since Hannah started this.
And, to top it all off, we ran over a hotdog. We had this display plate set up all weekend. We'd put it in the fridge at night and then use it again the next day. I was asking if it was time to throw it away when Mike (Julie's husband) suggested that we run over it. Excellent idea!! So, Julie did the rolling and it was absolutely disgusting just like we thought it would be. Running over food is kind of an inside joke amongst some of my homeschool friends, we had a great laugh!

Aladdin--first of many posts

Here is Hannah (and about 50 other kids) in "Friend Like Me," She's on the end in a long pink skirt and a brown shirt. She gets hidden behind the little girl in pink in front of her at the beginning.

Some Pictures from Wizard of Oz