It was the week of the play. Josiah's rehearsals went late each night. He got out at 9:30 pm on Monday, 10:00pm on Tuesday, and 10:45 pm on Wednesday. These were some tired kids throughout the week. Thursday night was their opening day. It was so, so good. We laughed a lot throughout the entire first act. Josiah started out the entire show as the son of the train station operator. Later, in a scene where they were waiting on their exam scores, he threw a tantrum on stage that he wouldn't pass and he was a disappointment to his parents. He garnered some laughs with that one. Later, he played the part of Dean Harcum. His director told him to come up with a voice for the Dean. Josiah sounded like an old movie detective from the 1930s or so. It was so good. He had several fathers tell him that he was their favorite character. One father cracked us up, though, because he had two children of his own in the play. They had to work with a very shallow stage, so there were many transitions from inside Anne's house to outside. The stage crew were just as fun to watch as they ran around and set and reset the house over and over again. We were very impressed with that first performance. The second performance was the understudy show and they did very well, too. The third show was the leads again. Caroline decided to come to the last two shows. Henry was made to come to the last show. At the end, they were giving away some of the set and Josiah let it be known that he wanted a bench. There were six benches that Henry's set crew made and we now have one to keep for posterity.
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| Opening Night |
We were not allowed to take any video or pictures during their performances and I abided by the rules. I was going to break the rules the third show, except that one of the administrators at the school had her big camera and sat taking pictures the whole time. Hopefully she'll share them with everyone soon. The cast shared a few of the other pictures.
For the second show, I signed up to chaperone hair and make-up. It was amazing to watch because the students did everything. All the fancy updo's and buns and wigs, they did it all really well.
We did not let Henry and Caroline come to the first show because the following morning they had to take the CLT - a standardized test. Henry walked away saying it was easy and he aced it. Caroline said hers was hard because they had not learned some of the material. We shall see when the results come back. Caroline has a tendency to say she doesn't do well on certain tests and quizzes and then comes back with pretty high scores.
Caroline had a rough start to her week. She went to school on Tuesday just long enough to take a science test. She promptly fell asleep after the test - deep enough to dream - and then she asked to go home early. She stayed home Wednesday with a wicked wet cough, but was back at it on Thursday. We did follow-up with her doctor this week and the protein in her urine went from 300+ last week to 0 this week. She still has a bit of a cough, but she is finally doing much, much better.
Henry had a bit of a painful week himself. He went to the orthodontist who put in new wires and rubber bands to close the gap where his teeth were taken out. He felt it. He typically avoids the pain medications, but he took it for a few days after that visit. He should see big changes right now.
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| Cake #1 |
To celebrate Josiah's play, we got him a cake from Costco. It seemed to be more his speed than congratulatory flowers. Little did we know that we would end the weekend with triple the cakes. This evening, the student ministry held a dessert auction to raise money. Josiah and I attended. The best part was the sample table. For each dessert to be auctioned, they had a second cake/dessert for everyone to sample. There were 28 desserts. Josiah and I tried a handful each. We noted the numbers of the ones we liked and sat down for the auction. Our original plan was to bid on some cookies, but we had no idea what was to come. The first item, a cheesecake, started at $10. Very reasonable. Then, it quickly sold for $120. Things were going for $70, $90, $150. It was very much 'for the kids.' Josiah leaned over and said he'll go up to $500.
Uh, no. Even if it is 'for the kids.' We made it to #17, the cookies we wanted. I had Josiah bid and we got up to $150 but bowed out when the person we were bidding against went up to $160. Next we set our eyes on #21, a chocolate cake. In the meantime, we watched a pound cake sell for $350. #21 came up for auction and Josiah liked to wait til the early bidding finished and he jumped in at $90. We won the cake for $160. We were done. We had helped the kids. We got a good chocolate cake. But then #23 came up for auction. A lemon cake. It looked fancy up there, but neither he nor I had taste-tested this one. The bidding was a little slower, so Josiah got in the mix and we scored that one for $90. Caroline is a fan of lemon and Henry's our chocolate kid, so we knew they'd enjoy them. When we got home, we tried our winnings and the lemon cake was quite good. Better than the other two we sampled ahead of time. Josiah said that when he gets a job, he's going to go back and start the bid at $500 because it was for a good cause. He said that it will help the next generation of Christ followers. I admire his thinking and I hope he gets a very good job.
Todd rescued a turtle from our backyard. It had somehow wedged himself in-between the two fences. After Todd got him out, he set him in the grass and pointed him towards the pond. I went out maybe 10 minutes later to see if the turtle had moved. If he hadn't we were going to carry him to the pond, but he was nowhere to be seen. We looked all up and down our driveway, but he was gone. He was a big turtle, too. There is a much bigger pond near the entrance to our neighborhood and there is a fallen tree that sticks out in the water. Everyday there is a line of turtles on it sunning themselves.
This week we'll actually eat dinner together as a family. It's been a long, long while.
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