Today was Phoebe’s birthday party with our families. It was a nice time for everyone. :) We were also surprised with a visit from Rob, Kira, Henry and Lilly who were in from Colorado for the weekend.
The Music Man has Arrived!
Friday night marked the opening of a production of “The Music Man” which Alex is a part of. She started this ride back in January with auditions and there has been some ups and downs (not unusual) along the way.
Despite not feeling well (illness are abound among the cast, including strep, a stomach virus among others), she did a fantastic job. While I had not planned on letting her stay home from school on Friday (like some others planned to do), she did end up staying home. She was running a low grade fever and had a horribly sore throat. Considering the level of exposure to strep, I did take her to get screened and fortunately it was negative. The current thought is that she got run down with all the rehearsals and school and staying up WAY too late WAY too often not getting quite enough rest combined with allergies ramping up (tis the season–well, one of them). By Saturday afternoon she was feeling much better which is good since there were two shows on Saturday!
Ray had been recruited to help out with the stage crew so he had been at rehearsal on Thursday to get all orientated. He worked the Saturday matinee show as well as today’s matinee. I hung out for the Saturday evening show as “green room monitor,” but really all I did was return a few hair pieces to their owners (after they fell out on the floor) and mend a few gloves.
Poor Phoebe isn’t really involved in this show. Don’t feel too badly for her however. She is in Cinderella and they are well under way for shows in June. Besides, she spent the Saturday matinee time at a pool party for a friend and today’s matinee time shopping (which she loves! unless its the grocery type)!
Ray, Phoebe and I attended the show on opening night. It was fantastic and the cast and crew really did a great job! The have one more weekend of shows then it will come to an end, which will made everyone (even now just thinking about it) very sad. I wish I had more photos (or, really, any) to share, but it was difficult to see any seeing as how the production’s photographer was one of the leads in the show.
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Greening Up
Everything has been getting greener and greener lately! It’s so wonderful to see spring coming to life. Several of my Hastas are really cranking along…as are the strawberry and asparagus patches!
We’re still on the fringe of the season, however. Overnight lows have been bringing us frost/freeze warnings nearly every night this week. Phoebe got on the bus this morning and it was 35 degrees outside. It was 55 by 10:00 a.m. and it is supposed to be pushing 70 later today. Up and down. Up and down.
On another super note, Ray finally was able to get the corn stove fixed and running again. (The motor had died…and it had needed new something or others for a while (bushings? bearings?).) So, this morning, the downstairs was toasty warm and the stove was QUIET — something which it had not been for quite some time.
Yet another note… why, yes, I do love taking photos on my iPhone with the Hipstamatic App! Today’s photos are brought to us by the John S lens and Ina’s 1969 film with no flash. The biggest reason (other than its a pretty cool app — just wish it were faster to use) is I always have my iPhone with me.
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