Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

My favorite post this week had to do with my children.

The first had to do with how I don't understand them. The second shared clips and pictures of the play (Peggy the pint sized pirate) that they were in this week.

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Peggy The Pint-Sized Pirate

The audio and video isn't the greatest but I wanted to share this with you all seeing many of you seem to be interested on how the play went seeing I've been talking about those darn costumes.

DD and DS did a wonderful job! I was very proud of them! The clip is about 2 minutes long. It really is just the part of the play they were in :) The play is Peggy The Pint-Sized Pirate. It is about how Peggy is trying to save the other other pirates from the sea monster. In this part of the play Peggy (and Scummy) are trying to find the way to the sea monster. She stops to ask the whale (my DS) and the barnacle (my DD) for directions to the sea monsters lair.


EDIT ADD: I just want to add that you may need to turn up your sound/speakers on your PC to hear, but don't forget to turn them down when you are done :)

Edit Add May 21, 2009: more (still) pictures are up. click on "pics" in the menu above. Album's Name: Peggy the Pint-Sized Pirate.

Kids sometimes I don't get them!

I love my kids but at times I don't get it! So yesterday was their big play. (They did a wonderful job). We had an 11 am performance and a 6:30 pm performance. In between the performance several of us at least 6 different families decided to go to a local park and let the kids just run and play. Most of the time the kids played on the play ground, but at one point we decided to take the kids hiking. (I wish I had pictures, but of course I never have a camera when I WANT pictures). In the course of the hike we came across a creek. My kids got in WITHOUT asking, socks, shoes, and all. At one point my DD jumped in and it was up to her neck! UGH.

They thankfully were able to dry out before the evening play. (we weren't able to go home before the play). Their shoes and socks were still wet so we had them go barefoot which was fine for the play seeing they were a whale and a barnacle.

Okay so now to the point of what I don't get. After our hike and walking in the water, we go back to the play ground. Once we get to the play ground the kids ask "Mommy can we roll down the hill?" I just looked at them and said "I don't care". However, in the back of my mind I'm think: What's up with that? You jump in the creek without asking, but you need my permission to roll down the hill!!! Kids are just funny!!!

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

These are my favorite (best) postings of this week:

Frog and Toad- about the toad we found in our yard
Costumes- pictures of the costumes I finished up for the kiddos.
Ditches, Rules, and Honesty- about my DS being honest even when he didn't "have" too.

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Costumes

A few weeks ago I mention I was struggling with costumes for the kids play. Well I'm happy to announce that they are done. What do you think?

Custumes?

Are you creative? Can you help? My kids are in the play: Peggy the pint size pirate. It is being put on by my homeschooling group. They have been cast as the whale and the barnacle. I've been looking at pictures and trying to come up with ideas of how to make the costumes. Sessilia are the type of barnacles that are found on the Baleen Whale. I'm sure that I don' have to be "exact" but I feel the costumes should at least make it "clear" that the this is a whale and a barnacle.

Any Ideas? Anyone here creative? Do you have any ideas that you can share with me? The play is only a few weeks a way so I really need to get moving on the costumes!