The Miracle Worker

My dear friend Angel has an incredible family that we dearly love. Recently her daughter, Tori, was cast as Helen Keller in the play, The Miracle Worker, put on by The Playhouse in the Park (Mobile, AL). To say that Tori was incredible would be a gross understatement. She killed it. Within minutes II  forgot she was Tori and believed she was indeed Helen Keller. Truly amazing performance. Being Helen Keller and doing it well is no easy feat. There are no lines to memorize you are “performing gestures.” Meaning, she had to memorize everyone else’s lines to know when to “act out” as Helen. Wow. Just Wow! I am so thankful that I got to go see this amazing 12 year old girl shine like her Creator made her to do. It was such a gift to experience and celebrate this event with the Dahlgren family. Angel is one of my favorite people…on the planet. Laughter always flows from our relationship and I am so blessed by it.  I was sad that we all couldn’t see Tori in this play but I am hopeful that she will audition for Pippy Longstocking! Then the whole family will plan to go down and see her. Note: I laughed how her twin brother Talon enjoyed sniffing Tori’s colorful bouquet that she passed to him so she could sign autographs! She’s famous. I know her. She even autographed my program for me. I plan on selling it on eBay for millions of dollars when she is known worldwide...just sayin.’

He is Turning 11 Next Week…So I thought I Should Review 10

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In my defense, I thought I had already posted these pages…they in fact, were already done. I was trying to group all my Photoshop original pages in one folder and my jpegs in another folder, only I couldn’t find the jpegs…which are what I upload. So, I searched my blog and couldn’t find these pages anywhere. Perhaps I posted them on FB, which I am sorta boycotting now. Whatever the reason, here they are now.

Ten years old. Double digits. Wow! For Noah’s tenth birthday he wanted an archery party. So we called up Grandpa and headed out to Bennett’s Archery in Wetumpka, AL. We invited all his C.C. classmates. All but one friend were able to attend. Everyone had a great time and they all want to go back! It was a great day with perfect weather and great friends! The girls were fierce. We had to practically drag them off the range. I was so proud of them. When it was time to eat, they self segregated. In an attempt to unite the group I asked the girls if they wanted to move over and before I could finish my sentence they both said, “No. We’re good.” P.S. Taylor ate 42 chicken fingers I think.

3 More Reasons

Just 3 more reasons why I love my C.C. community. My favorite perhaps is the drawing directly to the right. As a part of the stylistic writing curriculum Noah is participating in, we the Mama’s, are required to watch 9 hours of DVD’s regarding this subject. The trainer is a man by the name of Andrew Pudewa. He is wonderful and what he teaches is incredible. At any rate, all the Mama’s gather to watch said videos together. To say we were inattentive would be a gross understatement. Busy reading an article that did not relate to the night’s DVD’s, I was accused of being a bit to studious and the note to the left was sent to me by Amy Rushing. I told the teacher on her. Oh yes, I called you out Amy! Hilarious. I love these ladies I do life with, they make my heart smile. I also love their children. Noah had a great time at both birthday celebrations.

Rainbow Milk

Ahhhh, science. Today’s experiment was whole milk versus dishwashing soap. The food coloring was there for effect only. Showing the milk’s reaction and movement is its only purpose. Well, that and it makes it look cool. The soap bonds with the fat and protein molecules in the milk. It’s this bonding that produces the movement. So cool.

Do You Wanna Hug Your Dentist…

February 5, 2015-  As if we couldn’t love our dentist even more! This was an unbelievable day. I got a phone call from our dentist, whom you already know I love dearly. Apparently, on the banner visit we had just a month before, all three children submitted an answer for a guessing game. The game was to guess how many blue rocks were in the Frozen themed container. If you guessed the correct answer you would win a Frozen themed gift bag of goodies. Of all my kiddos, Eden is the one who would love this gift and truth be told, she is the one who could stand to have a higher opinion of the dentist. I mean she is currently a fan, but a Frozen gift bag would seal the deal. And so the deal is sealed. Eden guessed there were 202 rocks. Shockingly, there were exactly 202 rocks! She won! Friends, to say she was excited would be an understatement. As a matter of fact 2 days later she informed me we needed to stop back by the office to thank them again. Another win for Dr. Thomas and his staff! We. Love. Them.

Can’t Get Enough Science: Bubble Bomb

Just can’t get enough science! Today was the “Bubble Bomb” day at C.C. Purpose: To show the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar combining to give off a gas. For this project we created “time-release” baking soda packets by folding up 2 tablespoons of baking soda in a 5”x 5” paper towel. Then we put water and vinegar into a sandwich baggie and went outside. Our goal was to seal up the time-release packet in the sandwich bag, shake it, and toss it to the ground to watch the bag inflate and then pop open. This was easier than I expected and way more fun than I expected. Bubble Bombs were flying everywhere and exploding all around. In the end, all the experiments worked except Luke’s, whose bag sprung a leak. However, it was interesting to note how long the bag stayed inflated before Patrick smashed it. C’est la vie. A good time was had by all. Let’s here it for science!

Chinese New Year Celebration

Year of the Goat ; February 14, 2015

We celebrated Chinese New Year at the festival held at Boutwell Auditorium. It was our best experience there yet. The girls loved the shows they were entranced. We hung out with a favorite family of ours, the Sungs, and finished out our day by buying pretty umbrellas. Great Day!