Once Upon a Mattress

Today was Alek's thespian debut as "Sir Harold" in Once Upon a Mattress! This is a musical comedy version of "The Princess and the Pea." Alek has gone to a week-long summer drama camp. Today, the kids had two performances!

Alek had three lines. The second, seen below was, "What does that mean?"

This is a full company song! (Yes, there was singing and dancing, too!)
Here, we find out that the princess has passed the test, and Alek gets to say, "You've passed."
At the end, the princess has passed the test and gets to go to bed!

If I Were....

If I were VERY, VERY pregnant, would it be appropriately safe to take my four very young children into Galveston, get on an oldish boat with questionable railings, ride around the very polluted, murky, ominous, terrorist-target-friendly and dangerous port of Houston, and then drive home in rush hour traffic???????? I think I would go to play putt-putt golf or something instead. Some people think I am over-worrying about this. Some people think I'm silly. Some people think it's my fear of water that is at the heart of this. Some people would probably go on a helicopter ride in Banglaesh when they are 38 weeks pregnant and then ride an elephant into the mountains for a weekend camping trip with a group of 43 preschoolers and think that's fine and dandy. What do you think?

Sharon Sends Her Best and this photo...

Sharon has asked me to post this photo. Instead of a family dog, they have decided to adopt these two who keep hanging out near her house. This was taken in the backyard of her new Villa. She has named them Luca and Camille. (I am awesome.)

Another reason I should not be allowed to raise kids

So, while preparing to leave hotel on Sunday, Dave innocently said, "I'm going to get the "doo-ma-floppy." I knew he meant "thingamajiggy," or more specifically, "the luggage cart." The kids were very excited. A doomafloppy sounded so exciting! They wanted to go with daddy to get the doomafloppy. They rode it, hung upside down on it, and three days later, are still referring to it as a doomafloppy and asking why we all keep laughing.

C Family Reunion 2008

We went to a family reunion for Dave's side of the family today! The weather was incredible, and we all had a great time! Good food, new stuff for the kids to explore and experience, and fireflies to boot!

First look at the corn! We are all always worried that one of the kids will get lost in the corn, so I told mine that the corn fields were home to coyotes. None strayed into the fields!

Back in te hotel room with the "bahkini" as Nora called it!
Picking cucumbers and squash with Grandpa.
Alek was pretty darn good at volleyball! He can serve over the net!!
Absolutely determined to climb a tree.

In the hay loft with cousin Tammy!

Alek loved playing in the combine!

Walt watches a game of horse shoes with Grandpa. Walt offers Mommy an apple fresh off the ground near the apple tree!
Trying to cook fresh cucumbers and squash.