A Cowboy and His Ostrich

This morning's skit about the Cowboy riding an ostrich went very well, and as you can see the costume turned out pretty fun.  Maddie and the team did very well, and there was a lot of laughter in the audience, as well as learning a message about misfits.  We're not misfits, and in fact God chose the ones the world world call misfits in the Christmas story, rather than royal families or wealthy ones.  

 

We're doing our "Cowboy Christmas" this year, so the cowboy riding an ostrich from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" fit within this theme, as did the cactus you see above.  Mom ordered that for the stage, and it'll be up there now as our unofficial tree for a few weeks.

Here are some pics Maddie took this morning with her phone:

Pretty fun day!  We got home and had ourselves some Chinese take-out, this after a super quick trip to a department store so we can pick up more props and costuming for upcoming productions.  Tomorrow starts Tech Week, and there's a lot still to do.

But today was about staying home after we got there.  I did my walking, and Maddie spent some time on Forensics homework.  We were playing some games on the N64, and for the life of me I can't remember racing against a giant penguin in Mario 64 being this much of a pain.  Maddie played the original MarioKart 64 though, and it was her first time - and she liked it.  We spent a pretty long time in the battle mode, and there were a lot of screams and laughter.  We even tried Goldeneye 64, although it took us a while to figure out the controls, and by that time we were ready to watch something else on television.

We did have a seat to play a Christmas card game, "Chip 'n' Dale Christmas Treasures."  We watched a video of how to play it first, but it doesn't take long at all to learn.  Usually one full game is all it takes to really figure out the play and the strategies.  We played that card game a few times, and it was easy and actually pretty fun.  We'll return to that one for sure.  Maddie one once, and I one once - another fun Christmas game.  We have about six or seven Christmas-themed games.  We've done three already this year, but these others are a little more complex - we have "Home Alone," "Jingle all the Way," and "A Christmas Story Card Scrabble," in addition to "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer DVD Game."  Lots of Christmas spirit with board games!

Tonight we watched "Babes in Toyland," and since we watched it on the Disney streaming service, it was a much better version than the DVD we have.  I mean wow.  I've watched this movie dozens of times and was noticing all kinds of new things because of the framing and the color and quality.  We really enjoyed it - it's a secret love of mine, that movie.  It's so dated, but lots of great songs and performances.

We closed the day out with "Wintersmith," and prayers too.  Tomorrow Maddie's back in school - she packed her lunch, and we all got ourselves snuggled in bed.  It's cold out there, and those covers feel nice and warm!  We're getting closer to seeing Santa...!