They've been chalking the driveway and sidewalks with lots of art. Melanie decorated the front steps - maybe not the best idea with everyone going in and out, but especially when their crawling nephew came to play. He looks good in pink, right?
They were having a blast tracing each other, then they would turn them into big cartoonish characters. I thought it was pretty clever and creative.
Madeleine turned 3! She finally had her birthday, and we dragged it out, both intentionally and not. Her birthday was Monday but Jamie would be gone, so we had presents and celebrated Sunday. I didn't remember to decorate, so I did that Monday morning and we sang Happy Birthday to her a lot that day. Melanie made cupcakes that evening, but with chocolate waffles with ice cream for dinner, then Adam's FHE treat, we didn't need any more treats. So Tuesday we had the cupcakes. The girls insisted on candles, and when she had a second cupcake Madeleine needed candles and singing all over again. Funny girl.
It's getting closer to their next choir performance, and it's going to be another great one. Carolyn gets to be Annie for two of the four performances. I've seen a couple small bits of the practices and can' wait for the real thing. The other Annie's mom made an Annie dress, and she brought it over today for Carolyn to try on. Adam and Erin will be singing solos, and Melanie is part of a solo/duet thing.
We had a fun stake activity tonight, and with the giant line and waiting time, Erin was the only one that stuck it out for face painting. Pretty!
The choir performance looks like a lot of fun...way to go, Genevieve!
ReplyDeleteI envy the fact that you can see your grass. It has been snowing here for four days straight. Sigh. At least the kids had fun sledding :).
Love the sidewalk chalk-art. What great memories and bonding they are making...
...and, hey! You are doing art at your house! I knew you could do it :)!