It's early April, so you know what that means?
It's time for Nutcracker auditions! Yes, this may make absolutely no sense to you, but let me assure you that it makes complete sense to somebody somewhere. How is it that a ballet company can do children auditions for a performance in December, but not know what time of day the recital rehearsal is in just a few weeks? We have that problem every year. We can't tell Mrs. Pam when we're able to do the piano recital, because they ballet company has no idea what time of day the kids will be practicing. Last year, because the piano recital is the same day, we were literally racing across town after rehearsal, walking into the piano recital.
But I digress... today was a new experience for Madison, who hadn't really been to an audition before. She was very nervous beforehand, almost to the point of tears... but she came out of the audition quite cheery and confident. That wasn't so bad after all! She enjoyed it, and it was good to see her try out for something new.
She had testing today, a trend for the next few weeks. Lots of testing here. I do not remember this much testing when I was younger. Today's tests were related to reading and comprehension, so we had a good night's rest the night before. She was rested this morning when we went to school, and she felt like everything went well today. It was a blue day, which meant all the kids were wearing blue. During the testing, all the kids wear the same colors for some reason. Mommy said it is like a "solidarity thing," or it could be a more Common Core thing.
Anyway, it was a good day. Daddy got annoying allergy shot #16 today, and even stopped by a comic book shop to pick some comic books up for Madison. He is bound and determined to pick up a monthly title for her, something to look forward to, just as he did some time ago. There happens to be an X-Men comic that features pretty much the team (and villains) from 1992. It's called, appropriately enough, "X-Men 92." The first two issues we've read aren't bad, although from what I understand, I need to pick up issue #0. Who does this? I got issues #1 and #2, thinking, "Okay, I'm caught up." And then I read inside that you need issue #0. Folks, the number zero has NO VALUE. You can't have a issue #0. It makes NO SENSE!!! Beyond that though, the comics are fun and have just enough edge to them to keep a sense of slight danger, while having a good time with so many different classic characters and cameos. The glory years of the X-Men were the 90's, so it's neat to see them revisit that era in a fun way.
Meanwhile, the very reason for coming by the comic book shop was this: to find out why C-3PO's arm is red in "The Force Awakens." A big deal has been made about this, as if it is some world-shattering mystery for the last four months, keeping Star Wars fans up at night. The build-up was there, letting everyone know that a comic book would come out yesterday, letting us all know why his arm was red. It's a tragic little story, and it's all a little sad, actually. And... it's okay. I mean, it's not anything to scream and shout about after reading, like, "Yeah! That was one killer comic book story!" On the other hand (no pun intended), what do you expect from a comic centered around C-3PO? And yet the build-up was there, so yeah, it was a little underwhelming. So we have a copy of the comic. The intention was to get it for Madison, although I might wait until Star Wars Day before going forward with that. Besides, I suspect she's much more interested in the comic book centered around Poe. She saw that one advertised in the X-Men book, and kind of wants it (Daddy picked that one up too - it's hiding inside the house somewhere!).
Painters are on big, tall ladders, surrounding our house, and perched in places that you would not expect. They're taking their time, filling in all kinds of holes, and sitting on top of ladders way, way up along the side of the house. It's not a job for someone scared of heights, that's for sure. But they are very meticulous, that much is certain.
Tonight after dinner, it was "The Jungle Book,' the animated version. We'll watch the live action version hopefully this weekend at the theater. Phil Harris is so good in this movie, but so are all the other voice actors. This is a great movie, and the soundtrack is just perfect. When Daddy was young, he had a record of the soundtrack that was played quite a bit.
And so goes the day. After reading a bit more about Rey, and reading from our devotional, it's time to head off to bed. Big day tomorrow with another movie bash at KidPak, and lots of work with filming and so forth. Lots to do, but it'll be fun!
It's time for Nutcracker auditions! Yes, this may make absolutely no sense to you, but let me assure you that it makes complete sense to somebody somewhere. How is it that a ballet company can do children auditions for a performance in December, but not know what time of day the recital rehearsal is in just a few weeks? We have that problem every year. We can't tell Mrs. Pam when we're able to do the piano recital, because they ballet company has no idea what time of day the kids will be practicing. Last year, because the piano recital is the same day, we were literally racing across town after rehearsal, walking into the piano recital.
But I digress... today was a new experience for Madison, who hadn't really been to an audition before. She was very nervous beforehand, almost to the point of tears... but she came out of the audition quite cheery and confident. That wasn't so bad after all! She enjoyed it, and it was good to see her try out for something new.
She had testing today, a trend for the next few weeks. Lots of testing here. I do not remember this much testing when I was younger. Today's tests were related to reading and comprehension, so we had a good night's rest the night before. She was rested this morning when we went to school, and she felt like everything went well today. It was a blue day, which meant all the kids were wearing blue. During the testing, all the kids wear the same colors for some reason. Mommy said it is like a "solidarity thing," or it could be a more Common Core thing.
Anyway, it was a good day. Daddy got annoying allergy shot #16 today, and even stopped by a comic book shop to pick some comic books up for Madison. He is bound and determined to pick up a monthly title for her, something to look forward to, just as he did some time ago. There happens to be an X-Men comic that features pretty much the team (and villains) from 1992. It's called, appropriately enough, "X-Men 92." The first two issues we've read aren't bad, although from what I understand, I need to pick up issue #0. Who does this? I got issues #1 and #2, thinking, "Okay, I'm caught up." And then I read inside that you need issue #0. Folks, the number zero has NO VALUE. You can't have a issue #0. It makes NO SENSE!!! Beyond that though, the comics are fun and have just enough edge to them to keep a sense of slight danger, while having a good time with so many different classic characters and cameos. The glory years of the X-Men were the 90's, so it's neat to see them revisit that era in a fun way.
Meanwhile, the very reason for coming by the comic book shop was this: to find out why C-3PO's arm is red in "The Force Awakens." A big deal has been made about this, as if it is some world-shattering mystery for the last four months, keeping Star Wars fans up at night. The build-up was there, letting everyone know that a comic book would come out yesterday, letting us all know why his arm was red. It's a tragic little story, and it's all a little sad, actually. And... it's okay. I mean, it's not anything to scream and shout about after reading, like, "Yeah! That was one killer comic book story!" On the other hand (no pun intended), what do you expect from a comic centered around C-3PO? And yet the build-up was there, so yeah, it was a little underwhelming. So we have a copy of the comic. The intention was to get it for Madison, although I might wait until Star Wars Day before going forward with that. Besides, I suspect she's much more interested in the comic book centered around Poe. She saw that one advertised in the X-Men book, and kind of wants it (Daddy picked that one up too - it's hiding inside the house somewhere!).
Painters are on big, tall ladders, surrounding our house, and perched in places that you would not expect. They're taking their time, filling in all kinds of holes, and sitting on top of ladders way, way up along the side of the house. It's not a job for someone scared of heights, that's for sure. But they are very meticulous, that much is certain.
Tonight after dinner, it was "The Jungle Book,' the animated version. We'll watch the live action version hopefully this weekend at the theater. Phil Harris is so good in this movie, but so are all the other voice actors. This is a great movie, and the soundtrack is just perfect. When Daddy was young, he had a record of the soundtrack that was played quite a bit.
And so goes the day. After reading a bit more about Rey, and reading from our devotional, it's time to head off to bed. Big day tomorrow with another movie bash at KidPak, and lots of work with filming and so forth. Lots to do, but it'll be fun!
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