Bye, Bye Birdie

Whew!!! We made it through our 2nd major show!!! Carlie auditioned for "Copperstar Repertory Co" back in August and made the first show! We were excited to be branching out and trying new things. This show, "Bye, Bye Birdie" is set back in the 1950s and is centered around a SUPER hunky/talented singer, Conrad Birdie, (much like Elvis Presley) who is drafted into the army and so his managers decide to send him out with a BANG! They write a hit song, "One Last Kiss" and pick one lucky Conrad Birdie fan club member to get his "last kiss." SOOOO FUNNY and SOOO entertaining! The music is SUPER catchy, we've been singing it for weeks:) Carlie was in the Youth Ensemble and had soo much fun doing what she LOVES to do...singing, dancing, performing! They performed 7 shows over 2 weekends. Carlie voice was SHOT for a few days in between but she recovered quickly and is back to singing ALL day EVERY day:)

This is Carlie with super hot "Conrad" (a.k.a Josh who is a senior at Highland High School). Carlie got to "faint" over him MANY times:)


Here is Carlie with some of her theater friends: (these girls were in "Annie" with her this past summer:
Carlie and Kayleah W.:


Carlie and Savannah P.:


Other cast members:
Teen Ensemble:


Boys:


Last night, last show:


Chris' company was hired to film this production and since Chris did all the editing, I have access to the whole show:) This is one of my most favorite scenes--"Honestly Sincere": (Carlie is on the far left--hard to see but he's goes over to sign an autograph for her:) Just LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!!!

Scarecrow, Scarecrow, How Scary Can You Be?

This is my MOST favorite Halloween poem that Mrs. Packer has her kids do in preschool. I have my boys recorded reading this and so I JUST HAD to record Tatum too:)

Tatum Jane turns 4!!!

Things are a little crazy right now at our home. We currently have my mother-in-law living with us as she finishes out her chemo treatments for breast cancer that came up this year. SOOO...we couldn't really have a big party with lots of little kids and all their cute little germs running around in our home:) But Tatum was completely fine with this as she ONLY wanted her two best friends at her party anyways! So right after preschool on Friday, I took Tatum, Natalie P., and Chloe V. (the BFFs) to McDonalds for a quick little celebration! The girls were SOO excited about the party that they sang "Happy Birthday to Tatum" all the way TO school and then all the way TO McDonalds. SUPER CUTE!!! Love these little girlies:





After McDs, we came back to our home so that they could play a little and eat pink cupcakes!!!



And guess WHO showed up for a surprise visit?!?! MRS. PACKER!!! AHHH!!! She was like a celebrity here! The girls kept hugging her and sitting in her lap:) They LOVE their preschool teacher and it was SOO sweet of her to stop by. AND she brought lip gloss for ALL of them:)


It's all about the lips:)


Later that night, we had a little family party at Tatum's favorite restaurant--T.G.I.Fridays. She got to open the rest of her presents there and the best part was being the CENTER of attention as the whole waiter/waitressing crew sang to her! DANG she sure is cute!!!





And OF COURSE her siblings were HAPPY to help her finish her birthday dessert:)


Now SERIOUSLY...how is my baby 4?!?!

Egyptian Fair!

The sixth grade at CTA host an Egyptian fair every year. It was funny because we knew this was coming up so Carlie was Cleopatra LAST Halloween so that we would already have the costume for this year:) Anyways...I learned a TON from this fair!!! History never ceases to amaze me. The girls had so much fun dressing up like Cleopatra even though her life was sad and tragic. But just look at these beautiful girls who are SOOO grateful that they never had to marry their brothers:)

Here is Taylor G., Carlie, and Maddie J.B.:


Carlie and her Egypt poster/project:


Carlie and Taylor G.: