Day 11!

One of my favorites pictures we take. . .I love seeing how big they get each year. The boys took their traditional one together with all the animals. . .

And then the aftermath . . . .

Both boys then decided they needed one by themselves this year.

And then, of course, it was Lucy's turn! Look at those long legs sticking out!

Day 10!

Today was the last performance of Annie. Our Friday performance got cancelled due to the snow, so they moved it to today. There were about 13 kids missing from the cast for various reasons, but they all came together so that all the parts were covered. Of course, the nice thing about that was that Lucy had a surprise solo in the middle of it!

I took a few others today - I promise that tomorrow I will post some non-musical photos. (But this has been all we have done for the past few days!!)

 With so many people gone, that meant some of the silver trays were up for grabs - Charlie was so thrilled to get to carry a tray!!

Those glasses!!!

Lucy's friend, Colleen, also got some extra roles too.

Lucy's homeroom teacher, Mrs. Walek, came to the play today. I think Lucy was so excited to have so many of her teachers come and support her.

Just missing Lilly in our picture - the girls think she must be sick. :(

Charlie also wanted a picture with Colleen! :)

Day 9!

The kids had two performances today of Annie - one more tomorrow! The stage was darker than I think it usually is, so it was difficult to get any good pictures . . . but here's what I have.

Mr. Noftle, the girls' music teacher, came to see them at the first performance today! They were so excited!

Second show pictures. . . .

The girls' AG teacher, Mrs. Harp also came to the show. She was so sweet and brought them all flowers and even brought skittles to the boys!

Ms. Diana came to the show as well and Alex was so excited!!

Gramma, Pappy, Aunt Lauren, Harper and Rosa came too!

Three shows done - one more tomorrow!! Almost done!! :)

Day 8!

We had snow today!! Up until 1:30 or so, we had snow and rain mix. But around 2:00 or so, it started to really come down and it hasn't let up! The ground is warm, so I don't think they were expecting it to really stick, but I went ahead and left school around 2:45 since my classes were done and I had packed everything up. It wasn't a pleasant drive home!! When we got home, the kids were ready to go out and play. They went out for a little while and even though there wasn't a great deal on the ground, that didn't stop them from throwing snowballs, making snow angels and just running around like crazy.

The kids were supposed to do their Annie play again tonight, but just as we had gotten in the car to go and get some dinner and go to the show, we got the notice that they had decided to cancel. So since we were already in the car, we ran and got subs for everyone before the sun went down and then came back to the house. Now we're having a picnic dinner in the living room floor and watching Home Alone. It is a nice, unexpected restful evening!!! :)