There was a huge dinosaur display

A Day at the Museum

There were lots of hands-on activities for kids to do.

This was our last week off track. We haven't done a whole lot this time, we went swimming and shopping but that is about it. So on Thursday when Ruth and Jared were bickering and fighting I said, "That's it! Get in the car."  We went to visit a new museum in the city that I had planned on taking the kids to all along but hadn't gotten around to it. We took a lunch and had a great afternoon exploring this huge and wonderful natural history museum.
We stopped at the gift shop on the way out and spent a dollar fifty on a geode and headed home.  The kids had a great time breaking open their geode, but were a little disappointed that it wasn't hollow, but it did have a few layers of rock and crystal that were interesting.




Cinderella

Opening night for Cinderella is this Saturday.  Because of scheduling problems with the city they've had to cancel 3 or 4 practices in the past few weeks. This is the first time I've ever been involved with a show that has had less practices than were on the schedule instead of more.  I've spent a few nights there painting set with my neighbor. We've painted several huge panels (stage backdrop sized) with pumpkin vines. The girls have been having fun; because the chorus only has 3 numbers the whole show, they have a lot of down time to hang out with friends. They have a few more dress rehearsals this week and then the show opens.  They are performing on  the 3, 6, 9, 12 at 7:30 pm and a matinee at 2:00 on the 10th.  The tickets are pretty pricy at $10, but I guess that is how they keep their little theater running.


Talent Show Auditions

The girls and I auditioned for the city talent show on Friday. They sang and I played the guitar. I'm such a nervous guitar player so I messed up quite a bit, and the girls just kept singing and did a good job in spite of me.  I also auditioned with a couple friends playing some mountain music. We will find out if we get into the show this week sometime.  If we do, the show will be on March 17th, and I think it's free.