Broadway Review

Our stake just finished a broadway review. It was spearheaded by the music director of our ward, so I decided to venture out to the tryouts/information meeting and quietly signed up and snuck back out. Between James's work schedule and having young children, I hadn't been able to participate in anything like this in some time, so I was excited to be able to make it work and be a part of the night! It was so much fun and I had a blast at all the rehearsals and especially the performance.

Anyway, there were requests for video. I only have the poor quality of a camera phone, but you can hear the singing and you can get an idea of how cheesy the Mary Poppins medley was. Included is a bonus video of "Seize the Day" done by the young men from my ward, who were so enthusiastic with their performance that it was definitely a highlight of the evening. (At some point, I may get the chance to upload the closing "Oklahoma" group number, but my computer needs a rest from trying to upload these videos all morning!)

(I, of course, will listen to this and hear every single note I missed, but overall they were solid performances despite the nerves and an unwelcome frog in my throat at one point, so enjoy!)

(I'm in black, 3rd from the right)

(On the left, singing first)

(Yeah, I'm pretty much the only adult there)

(I love our Young Men!)

GoNoodle Fun!

Cadence brought home a flyer from school telling us about GoNoodle, a website they use in their classroom to get some activity going on days they may not be able to do so otherwise (for example, those rainy days that are so plentiful in Houston). So, we tried it out today and their enthusiasm simply had to be recorded for memory sake.

Even Beau got into it, a bit. ;-)

Work and School :-)

We are in our final weeks of school here and things are getting busy! Preschool and kindergarten graduation are right around the corner, but this week we had Cadence's first school field trip and the preschool's end of the year Hawaiian celebration going on. (For my poor schedule, that's on top of getting mothers day gifts finished and home on time after just finishing my final round of preschool assessments to send home with parents).

The Hawaiian party was a huge hit with the kids, though, mostly because it included a giant bounce house. Plus, all the teachers were able to get into the dressing up (more so than our superhero day, which was still fun, but not quite as crazy as Dr Suess day) and we just got to watch the kids having fun nonstop.

Megan posing in her Hawaiian gear

Selfies are hard to do with my phone, but I managed. Both of us dressed up.

I realized I've been working for awhile and never really posted pictures of where I work. This is my classroom. I'm pretty proud of it. I didn't have a lot to work with given what I walked in to, but I think it's worked out pretty well (the previous teacher did the tissue paper flower and tree)

And Cadence's field trip! This was the first real thing I missed because I started working and that was a bit hard to cope with. Of course, if Aunt Robyn hadn't been here, I wouldn't have been able to go even if I wasn't working (no siblings allowed). At the very least, I will be able to make an appearance at field day and Cadence's kindergarten award ceremony/performance. Other parents did post a few pictures, so I do have something to memorialize her big day. The first thing she said as she climbed into the car was how awesome it was to ride the bus. "No seatbelts!"

Cadence is peeking out from the slide. You can barely see her.

She's wearing the tan sweater, just right of center.

Counting down to the start of summer here! 3 weeks (+1 day) for me and the youngest two. 4 weeks (+2) for Cadence. I know the preschool is practicing graduation songs and our morning group prayers often include patience for the teachers as we deal with restless kiddos and our own "it's almost over!" feelings.

I am officially hired back for next year. It was never really a question, but having it confirmed is always nice. I've even been told I'll be moving into a bigger classroom, so I'll get to start from scratch next year (kind of exciting!) instead of walking into an already decorated one. Megan's officially enrolled in kindergarten. Cadence is officially signed up for the GT (advanced academics) for 1st grade. Connor is all set to start full-time preschool in an actual classroom next year. And, I'm browsing summer class options to keep the kids busy so cabin fever doesn't set in (so far it looks like a literature class for Megan and a science/lego class for Cadence).