Up With Kids

This year (September-May) Kennedy was in a program called Up With Kids. She went once a week for an hour and they would sing, dance and act in preparation for a final year-end performance. At the end of the year (May), they put on a show/musical for everyone to see. This year the play was a mash-up of Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3. Kennedy did SO great and I was very proud.

Here are pictures (courtesy of my wonderful mom):

Here we have Kennedy politely listening for her instructions before the performance.


And this is Kennedy being . . . Kennedy.

In the first scene, she was an alien. An alien who apparently couldn't stop playing with her hair. But at least she was cute.

In her next scene she was a lovely pink flower:


She delivered her lines flawlessly.

And just look at that acting. Wow. Bravo, girl. Bravo.

And finally, in the last last scene (there were 8 scenes total, but I only really cared about the three she was in, of course), she was part of the menacing Jabberwocky.


Then they performed the song "Imagine." They sang as well as used sign language. My mom and I are both babies so we cried.


At the end of the performance, the teacher awarded each of the kids with an Oscar. Kennedy beamed.


And then, naturally, she showed Kaden that the Oscar has a butt.

Wishful thinking

Sometimes I get these ideas of all these projects I want to start or talents I want to develop. And then I remember I don't have time. Or money. So I just think a lot about them and talk about them and then finally move on to something else.

Also, I think I need to get new friends. The ones I have are so creative and amazing that I feel extremely inadequate. Take, for instance, my friend Carina. She designs fabric. And scrapbook stuff. She's unbelievably wonderful. Look here: www.carinagardner.com

She makes me want to sew and quilt. Or at least talk about it.

Here is some of her fabric that is coming out in June:



Now wouldn't those look cute on a quilt like.... this:


So I'm going to announce that this is my next project. Which means that it will probably never get started.

But hey- at least I'm talking about it, right? That's the first step.