me & my party of 5: April 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

recently overheard...

Will: (to Lucy as she slathers her waffle with butter) Lucy, a little bit of butter soaks in a lot, and butter is not that good for you.

Lucy: ask mom.

Will: Lucy, ask my teacher. She knows more than mom.

Lucy: (with horribly sassy look on her face) Oh, you mean miss Goede?

Will: Lucy, you have huge gaps between your teeth.

Now imagine the above with Will having a sleepy but superior tone to his voice, and Lucy with some major eye rolling going on...

See what I mean? Naughty.

I don't have anything warm and fuzzy to blog about lately. My kids are naughty, I'm a slave to my calendar, my bangs are driving me crazy, and I'm tired of eating at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day. Why can't it be at least five of chocolate...or I'd even be ok with 5 of white flour...

SO--where do I turn when I've nothing to post? Why youtube, of course! I know this is a really low quality clip, the girl just aimed her video camera at the tv set, but it's the best I could find of this particular part of the movie Crooklyn. One of my FAVES! This is mostly for my mom and shaury. We have been quoting this part for 15 years, now...

p.s. does anyone remember the name of the 1980's aerobics show that had 3 ladies that demonstrated high, low and medium impact, and then rotated every 10 minutes or so? One of the ladies had really long hair? I set out looking for that on youtube, but wound up with Crooklyn instead...

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

all good things must end...

We had so much fun going to the Music Man every weekend for the past 3 months. With opening night in February, and the Finale in April, it was a really long run. Phoebe was double cast as Amaryllis, so she was in every other show. It ran on Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays. SUCH a talented cast! Marian was beautiful and had a flawless voice, Harold's voice was also amazing, and all the other main characters were very talented as well. My personal favorite was Zaneeta. She was adorable! And cute little Bryce who played Winthrop, he was too cute. In fact, he ended up having a little crush on Phoebe. He left love notes for her, and candy hearts in her coat pocket, and was always telling everyone that he liked her. The best part is, he takes dance from the same teacher as Phoebe does, so we haven't seen the last of him. His sister is in Phoebe's dance class, and he comes to watch sometimes. Of course, Phoebe couldn't be more embarrassed by it all, but that just makes it funnier...

(Winthrop and Amaryllis)

I am so proud of my little Phoebe. This is the girl who would not go ANYWHERE without me for 8 years! She would cling to me like no other. Never going to nursery, struggling with preschool, making me stay at dance with her, and very nervous about soccer and softball without mommy nearby. My friend Michele, who is in a lot of productions herself, wanted Phoebe to audition with her son for Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat the summer before 1st grade. With me by her side for the audition, she got a role in the children's chorus. She has been hooked ever since. Last Christmas she was Little Miss Muffet in Babes in Toyland (Also with Michele and Zach) But those were both at the theater in Brigham. This was her first time at the terrace playhouse, and without Michele. She was wonderful, and made some really fun friends. All of my other kids love to go see her, and each of them have their favorite songs, parts and characters in whatever show she is in.