Cast Party

We had two shows today and the cast party tonight. I am pretty sure the kids liked the cast party more than all of the rest of it put together. They made some good friends and had a great experience in theater. I'm quite exhausted from it all, but I am definitely glad we did it. 

Opening Night

It was opening night of the King & I. This didn't turn out to be a good weekend for a production because the Astros made it to the World Series and they have games tonight and tomorrow night. The audience was definitely about half of what they expected. We didn't have anyone that we know coming tonight, so I felt like it was just a dress rehearsal. Most of the audience was a group of elderly ladies from a local retirement community. They thoroughly enjoyed it though. It was so fun to hear their laughter and giggles. They even asked about the next production and promised to attend. 

Trunk-or-Treat with Camp Journey

For the past few weeks, the play, has taken over our lives. We have missed several of our normal activities. Next week, we have dress rehearsals and the actual play, which means we'll miss out on most of the Halloween things and parties going on. Fortunately, we found out that Camp Journey had their trunk-or-treat tonight. Camp Journey is a special camp for kids with special needs. We have quite a few friends that volunteer and are part of it. Lexi and Jordan are both planning to become volunteers in the future. 

Tutti Fruiti Burrito

Lexi sure loves taking care of this wiener dog. 

Grandma’s Wig

Grandma Margie's hair all fell out this weekend. They said it would about 10 days after her first chemotherapy and they were correct. Here is a picture of her in the wig she bought.

She got really sick last night and had to call her Oncologist. She is supposed to go right to the emergency room if she gets a fever of 101. It his 100.7. The doctor told her to take a Tylenol and go to sleep. He also wanted her to come in for blood work this morning. First, she went to go to the other facility to have a biopsy on her skin and then stopped there. Her white blood cell count is very low, so low that she will not be able to get chemo next week unless it goes up.   

Mya's Ice Cream Birthday Party

Lexi attended a fabulous birthday party today at her friend, Mya's house. Mya's mom is an amazing scrapbook queen and gets many of her layouts published. Her is the link to this event:

Ice Cream Celebration

The girls had a great time and were raving about all of the decorations around her home - both for the party and general home décor. The most amazing thing is that her mom just gave birth to a little girl about a month ago and she pulled this all together.

Grandma’s First Chemotherapy

Grandma Margie had her first chemotherapy today. She was feeling great before it started and was a little apprehensive about how she would be feeling later. The first three months, the plan is to have chemo every 3 weeks. After Christmas, she'll switch to every week for another three months. Once that is completed (if everything goes according to plan), they will do a mastectomy and reconstruction.

First Week of King & I Rehearsals

As if Grandma getting breast cancer, Hurricane Harvey, church, and regular life is not hectic enough, I had my kids, two friends from church, and a neighbor try out for the King & I at World Theater. Not only did they make it into the play, but at the read-through I was asked to join the cast as one of the wives. We have four rehearsals a week for the next six weeks. While it seems like too much to take on, it also seems like an amazing opportunity. The Director was a director on Broadway and has worked with Audrey Hepburn, Mickey Rooney, and Julio Iglesias to name a few. The kids don't know any of those actors, but they were impressed when I told them.

Nail Salon Party

Hurricane Harvey hit our area pretty hard. It dumped an insane amount of water here. School has been out for 10 days (Sept 1st - tomorrow). Many of our friends at church lost their homes in the flooding. School is back in tomorrow, so one of the ladies from church invited all the girls to her house this afternoon for a nail salon party. She wanted to help them all look good for their second first day. They had so much fun being together and now they'll look cute too.

Second Day of 6th Grade

Lexi is ready for another day of Junior High. She really thinks this is great. 

Walking Home

Lexi and the neighbor girls loved 6th Grade today. They got to catch up with friends, experience new things, feel more mature, and homework hasn't started yet. What's not to like? 

First Day of 6th Grade

This girl is so ready for sixth grade. She is all about hanging out with friends and doing her own thing. She has an alarm clock and is determined to do everything for herself in the morning, even though I'll always be up. She was a little nervous, but mostly exited to started. She has to be there an hour earlier than elementary school. 

Walking with some of the 6th grade neighbor girls, Sofia and Chloe.

Almost there

Bear Blast

This evening, we went to the Junior High for Bear Blast. This is when they hand-out schedules and the kids get to walk their schedules as many times as they would like. Her first class is PE (downstairs). Then she heads upstairs to the 6th grade hall for most of her classes. She has lunch downstairs at 10:00 am (A lunch). Her last class is Art, which is also downstairs. We walked the schedule 5 times. I don't know if she has it memorized, but I definitely do.  

Cub Camp

Cub Camp was today. It is 6th grade orientation. They call it Cub Camp because their mascot is a bear and the 6th graders are little cubs. They feel very mature though. Kacy and Cole's parents dropped them off so they could go with Lexi. I walked all the neighborhood kids to the school. They loved every minute of it, especially seeing friends and touring the school.

Kacy, Cole, Toleman, Chloe, Elma, Sofia and Lexi