Breaking Good

     About every quarter, we get a free trip to the Zoo. We had the time, so away we went! Also, Teddy learned how to make wishes!

Teddy did not want to touch the stingrays at all.

It was a great day.

Easter Break

     With the Church's new emphasis on Easter, our ward hastily pulled together a Passover experience for us. It was interesting. It started almost 30 minutes late, which was a hard thing for the kids; everything was thrown together, and you could tell. At one point, a new family joined us, so our host started all over for them. I had a hard time keeping Henry entertained. Afterwards, it was a free-for-all of desserts in the cultural hall. 2 of us got hit in the head with a basketball. I was quite upset. 

    On the Saturday before Easter, we hit Home Depot for the kids' workshop, and then we went to our customary egg hunt. We were early, so we stopped for a bit at a nearby park. I love seeing my kids play together.

    Lizzy wandered over to the face-painting table and casually took over. Teddy threw a fit and wouldn't get eggs; Henry threw a fit because Devon pulled him down in the bouncy house. But after all that, we had a great time, and the kids got soo many eggs!

This year we also had a night visit from the Easter Bunny. 

The next morning.

We dyed eggs in between conference sessions.

    

One Acts

     Lizzy has enjoyed being in the one-acts. The high school has a director's class, and seniors who have taken those classes get to direct a one-act on their own. This year, there was only one senior; she was one of the girls who went to London with us, so that was fun. 

    Since there was only one play, the director decided to do one too. She had done one when she was in high school and really liked it, so she brought it back to give more actors a chance to shine.  They decided to make it a traveling show as well. This year, both middle schools got new black box-like theaters that double as a storm shelter, and we had to try them out. Since it was a traveling show, that meant that our van came to the rescue. That also meant that our van held the set pieces for 2 weeks.

    The first show was on the same night as the kids' activity night, so Teddy and I went to cheer Lizzy on. We got to sit up front with Rosalee. Unfortunately, Teddy lost interest quite quickly, and we were in front of the directors, so we were a bit disruptive, but we survived. The plays went well. Lizzy asked if she could crochet on stage, and her director loved that idea. 

The whole Bear Family.

With Rosalee.

    The second night we all came and split up a bit. I prepared by giving Teddy plenty of snacks to keep him occupied. I filmed some of it; my camera shut off on me twice, but you get Lizzy's part for the most part.

    This time the actors had a bit more fun with it; there was a bit of improv, it made for a hilarious show.

    One actor was both the wolf and Grumpy the dwarf; he is quite tall, so he walked on his knees.

Baby bear kept throwing Lizzy's yarn ball.

    It was a great show, and I was excited to have the van back, but it turned out that we had to hold the set for another week. Emily also had injured her foot this week. She was playing downstairs and somehow knocked one of our wooden benches onto her foot. It wasn't broken, but severely bruised. We tried a boot, but she couldn't use it without pain. Daniel had this knee contraption from when he injured his foot years ago. He never used it. Emily took a bit to get used to it, but she mastered it pretty quickly. She ended up needing to use it for 3 days, which was difficult with school, but she managed it with grace. She did call herself a pirate a lot, though.