Movies, Musicals, & Maggie

Josiah started out the week creating a movie with a friend from school.  We were still on Fall Break on Monday.  Josiah was happy to have someone who liked to create movies as much as he does.  They did many scenes of Deadpool and Wolverine that Josiah will compile into a movie trailer/short.  They had a lot of fun.  I was worried his friend wouldn't want to 'act' if I was the videographer, but he was all-in and committed to the part.  

Meanwhile, Henry had two friends show up at the house on Monday as well.  One was from school and the other from cross country.  They went off and explored a creek in our neighborhood.  They were gone for hours.  Henry had a lot of fun with them and he's been back another time this week.  His friends had created some sort of dwelling there before Hurricane Helene cleared it all out.  Now they are building again.  

Henry had a good week at school as well.  Midweek, his class went to Anderson University to watch The Sound of Music.  When he came home he was enthusiastic about the play and story line.  It had 'catchy tunes.'  He mentioned the first half was about 90 minutes, then an intermission, and then another 60-90 minutes for the second half.  He may have taken a few catnaps during the performance, which became the talk of his class that day.  It's in his blood.  He cannot help dozing off when the lights are dimmed.

Caroline's class came back from Fall Break and spent their science class doing a Genetics Lab that came to the school.  She learned about XX and XY chromosomes.  It was funny because all the permission forms were saying, WE WILL NOT TAKE YOUR CHILD'S DNA.  Then she came home and said they found the gender of a cat.  Definitely not human.    

All of preschool had Safety Awareness Day, which was a lot of fun.  We had a sheriff come out, a firetruck, and a nurse talking about bike safety.  The nurse, who was the head nurse in the local Emergency Room, was quite graphic with his descriptions.  What's in your head?  Your brains!  You don't want your brains to come out.  You have to wear a helmet.  

When we sat at the fire truck, they made a smoke detector go off so the kids could hear the alarm and know to leave the house if they heard it. (Except in our house - we just fan the smoke in the kitchen until it goes off.)  The kids listened attentively and then a girl from my class called out, I'm going to be a bat for my bat birthday! And that was fire safety with 2- and 3-year olds.  

Our school had a tailgate party of sorts at the end of the week.  We could wear our favorite sports team shirts and then we had a picnic lunch on the lawn outside. The whole school was out there and many of the parents.  Our kids sat on our blanket long enough to eat and then they were up playing a football game and hanging out with friends.  

This weekend, Henry and I ventured up to Staunton to see Grandma and Grandpa.  We had a very nice visit and Henry and Maggie enjoyed each other's company very much.  Henry got to walk Maggie and he video chatted with his siblings to show (gloat) that he was walking her.  

I spent some time *trying* to put together a record console table.  In my defense, the instructions had only pictures, no words, and the pictures were not exactly drawn with a lot of detail.  I put it all together and realized that my wood pieces did not make a zigzag, but a 'C' instead.  I took it all apart and started again.  The frame was completed correctly the second time so I could get my zigzag, but then I put the first wooden shelf in the wrong way.  We went to bed because clearly not everything was firing on all cylinders at that point.  The next morning, I ran to Dunkin Donuts and Henry took it upon himself to finish it up without any trouble.  In the end, it was done and done correctly.  

Grandma and Grandpa also treated us to a hibachi dinner.  Henry's first.  He was the 'kid' at the table, so the chef guy was always messing with Henry.  Henry's teenage boy appetite kicked in and he nearly finished all the food.  It was quite good.

While we were gone, Todd took the kids to SWU.  Caroline has been asking to play basketball for several weeks now, so she finally got to play.  They enjoyed brunch in the cafeteria, which was another item off their list of things to do.  

So begins another week.