Book Clubs Are Meant For Dancing

The 3rd annual Girl's Book Club began with the book, The Bronze Pen, and ended with 2 police cars. That's all.

I'm not sure Makayla read the book. She did dance in the parking lot and bowled skittle style with her 5 friends though. This has nothing to do with The Bronze Pen, and everything to do with the police cars.

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Ninjas Wear Green Wigs?

One of the best things I could have done for Travis before starting kindergarten was to have him participate in a play... on stage... in front of hundreds of people. And so, I did. I can't take credit though. Aunt Summer insisted he join Matthew on stage, and I didn't believe in a million years Travis would go through with it. But, he did.
It took me 10 minutes to find my two boys during the performance. All children look the same once you put a green wigs on them and paint their faces orange. Can you see Matt hiding behind Travis in this pic? All my other pictures turned out blurry. Operator error.

They both were Oopma Loompas and Travis was also a squirrel. They both met new friends, got to wear jazz shoes, and learned choreography, blocking and improvisation. Like when Travis went on the wrong side of the stage during the 1st song to the 2nd act and couldn't find Matt, he made eye contact with Dad in the front row and started dancing anyway.

Tom: "They are called ninja shoes."

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Sometimes I Use Power Tools

I drove to home depot the other morning before anyone was out of bed. When I came home, Tom was in the kitchen making eggs. We reversed roles for a couple of days. I sanded and hammered and painted Makayla's room as it sat empty while she was in Utah.
The character came free with this door I picked up at the salvage yard for $35. I told Tom I want a belt sander for Christmas. He said we could borrow his dad's for a long time, which sounded to me more like I don't want to buy you a sander for Christmas...and I'll probably buy you earrings instead.
The camera was ready when Makayla came home and opened her bedroom door for the first time. The memory card was FULL. She was thrilled and thankful.

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