Our oldest daughter has finally finished up their school’s One Act Play for the year.  They made it to Regional Competition but did not advance to state.  DD#1 was still very happy they made it as far as they did and we were treated to a community performance of their play, “Meet Me in St. Louis” this evening.  Very proud of our girl, very proud of the cast, crew and director.  Sure brings back a lot of great memories from my own high school days.
My mother-in-law has been making her grandchildren faux crazy quilt pillows for their birthdays, each one reflective of the individual child and their interests at this point in their lives. She calls these Hanky Panky pillows because they either have a handkerchief in them, emulating handkerchief quilt blocks. This is the one she made for our son’s birthday:
I have said this many times, but our three younger children have attended our church’s Wednesday evening Sacred Arts program since 2007 and have absolutely loved it. Â It is run my our church music director. Â It is a way for her to teach children in grades K – 5 that there are many ways to praise the Lord through music, but not just by singing music. Â They have done presentations nearly every month throughout the school years which have included liturgical dance, puppetry, percussion instruments, American sign language, bells and a host of other fun activities that keep the kids enthralled and excited to return each week. Â We loved the program so much that I have been the assistant for most of the years that our kids have been attending.
But, that is soon to come to an end. Â Our youngest daughter is finishing the fifth grade this year, and that is the last grade allowed in Sacred Arts. Â So, along with our youngest daughter, I will be graduating from the program, too! Â We are going out in a fun way as we are going to make graduation caps to wear at her final presentation Sunday. Â And, since a few of the girls in the class will not be able to attend, I have to stand up and play the tambourine! Â Here are a few pictures from over the years that I have worked with this wonderful music director of our kids performing:
February 2009 DD#3 and DD#2
May 2009 Son with Streamers
November 2010 DD#3 and Son (and friend) performing a Thanksgiving drama
February 2012 DD#3 American Sign Language Song Interpretation
Last week was spring break for our kids, and although we couldn’t afford to take them on a trip around the world, to a fascinating place or even to town for fun – we did manage to have a few laughs along the way.
One of the things they did was help a local family out by caring for their livestock while they enjoyed a spring break trip. They had four different types of animals, which meant each of my four kids got to pick which animal they wanted to take care of and it worked out perfectly! It was also wonderful for this Mom to see how responsible they really are outside of the confines of home, where they whine and complain by having to unload the dishwasher or clean their bedrooms.
One of the animals DD#1 cared for were chickens. They were lovely birds, brown and black and fluffy and fun. They just had a bit of a problem with geing able to grow feathers on their nether-regions. The owner asked me not to photograph and share her birds, and I agreed.
But, I never said anything about the EGGS we gathered! It became quite the conversation over dinner each evening, as to how many eggs the kids had collected and some funny descriptions of some of them. Below is a photograph of three of the eggs from these prolific hens, and the descriptions DD#1 gave to me as she showed them to me. Perhaps not the same as a spring break vacation, but love and laughter go a long way in my book!
