My Favorite Time of Year!

 This guy above says it all!  HA and BOO!

 Mt. Vernon is the best time on Halloween but you have got to go early to beat the massive rush.  The experience is so worth it though!

The best part is running into friends that we haven't seen in a while!

Freeman Farms Performance / Beg - Int. Jazz

Graffiti Art

My sample

 This month we focused on "Graffiti Art."    The kids were stumped as they couldn't figure out what word to use.  In the end, they picked a word and went to work.   They all did a fabulous job!

They each wrote their word and then bubbled around the original work and erased the original pencil markings.  From there they added the 3-D if they choose to or the color fill.  Two of the students choose the brick wall behind their word ... which came out great.   To create that they learned to line their paper after and stagger the brick lines.  Then mixing several black, reds, yellow and browns ... they created the brick colors.    They worked for a solid two hours!

Go Ice Breakers! AYSO/ U10

 Our team rocks!  I love their spirit and motivation!  

2011 Disco Party!

Here I am in my 70's Disco outfit that I made for the "Moms Disco Party Night."

Way fun with the Disco make-up!

Me and the Greatest Disco party host!

My HOT date!

The girls on the dance floor.

We had a surprise guest show up mid way thru the party!  Summer and her man from Summer's Dance Works showed up and taught us all the Hustle.  In the end they gave us a finale performance.

ROYAL POOCHES

I had art class this week and it was fabulous!   My kids did a great job!   We worked on "Royal Pooches" for this class.
Above and below are my two samples.  I love Deep Space Sparkle for art ideas!

 I worked on a white board and created columns for my lesson on the dogs.  The kids decided on which dog they wanted to draw and then focused on that dog as I was doing my lesson.   I drew all the dogs at the same time but started with one feature.    I drew the crowns first and the kids were to create a crown of their choice then I went on to the facial features.  

 Above and below are some of the kids finished Royal Pooches. 

They drew their dogs with pencil then used tempera paints.  After they dried they used black marker to outline the dogs.

A few of the kids working hard.  This class runs 2 hours long and they all work so hard. They love what they create in the end.

It's over! Darn it!

Our AMAZING director, Joanne Robertson!

The show is over and it is so sad! Darn it!

It is to bad that Kayla only had one night to do the show as Lucy! They worked so hard and it ended so fast. But, she had the best experience and this new theater group is magnificent!

She loved all the audience members coming up to her after the show to congratulate her.

Lucy and Charlie Brown

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

The show is great! Come tonight, July 22nd 7pm ( Kayla is Lucy ) or July 23, 7pm.

SHOW TIME!

Here are the two Lucy dresses that I made for the show. Kayla's is the one on the right.

Here is the back of her dress with the bow.

Here is the front of the dress.

These are the large flats that are up right on the stage.

Friday, July 22nd at 7pm Kayla is Lucy!

The other showing is July 23 at 7pm but Kayla won't be appearing as much as she is a schoolmate in this showing.

Park Avenue Theatre presents... You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

Showing at Trinity Presbyterian church in Prescott off Park Ave. and Copper Basin.

Auditions and cast selection

Auditions are always scary!

Kayla wasn't sure if she wanted to audition and be rehearsing for a show all summer or just relax for the rest of her summer.

Well, auditions were at 6pm and at 4:30pm she was still undecided.

She decided to go and watch. Then after a few minutes she decided to audition. They always ask for volunteers and Kayla volunteered to go second and did a great job singing, "I Know Things Now." They didn't call her back up to read from the script this day, so we went home and returned the following night. She was called up three times to read the character, Sally and once acting as Woodstock. We went home that night thinking she had a chance of possibly being cast as Sally, Woodstock or chorus.

Well, to our surprise she got the lead of Lucy! This part is HUGE! With over 110 lines to memorize and lots of singing .... she is excited and already getting it down. She will be transformed into Lucy in no time. It is great to see her come alive with this character!

BRACES, YIKES!

The time has come!

Kayla got her braces on this week.

It was a shared experience with her good friend, Kassy.

This was the most uncomfortable part. The mouth spreader! Kayla did very well!

All done!

The girls and Dr. Young! He is the greatest orthodontist!

And of course we can't get braces on without visiting Yogartz!

Tennis

We are very lucky to have Sterling Fetty as our tennis coach! The kids just LOVE him! This is our once a week sport activity.

SUMMER FUN!

We love hanging pool side with our friends!

So, I moved the side and closed in the top portion of the fort. The girls wanted a little window ... so, you can see I made them one. It is so cute in there with the walls all pink and a hibiscus flower mural and a large mirror on the wall. I made my first ever ladder that leads up to the enclosed fort area and it is HEAVY DUTY cool!

As you can see, they like hanging out on top rather than inside. ha,ha,ha!