Drama Club

We had a little excitement before drama club today. It was 1:50 (drama club starts at 2:00) and Thor was going down to the basement to get something when he yelled at me to come quickly. I went and saw a liquid dripping onto the basement stairs. It didn't take me long to figure out that it was coming from the big bottle of flea poison that we bought today! I had sprayed the rug with it awhile before, and apparently I didn't put it back properly. Well anyway, we got Papa who fixed the problem and told us to clean it up- then he went back to his work. That's when we heard the front door slam. So then we had a choice: we could either freak out because there was flea poison all over the stairs and we had a whole bunch of people there ready for drama club and we still hadn't finished setting up and Mom wasn't there- OR: we could just laugh and clean up the flea poison and say "never a dull moment!" We chose option #2. :) So... after everyone else showed up, we started drama club! :)

One of our actresses, Tonya, emailed today to say she wouldn't be able to make it to the performance!  They had a change of plans and so will be out of town. With only two weeks until the performance, I was freaking out (just a little bit!) wondering how we would be able to find someone in time. Tonya was the Princess in Group 2, and although she didn't have too many lines, it's still a very important part. So- because her sister is already in that group and has been working on her lines at home, and because she's a very good actress, and because she memorizes quickly and well, and because she was gracious enough to take this on and do all the extra work that this requires, Kalei Swogger will be taking over the role of Princess Genevieve! :) We were considering the other girls in Group 1 as well (Carin and Caris) for the role, but since Kalei's sister Shelby is already in Group 2 and Kalei has been helping her with her lines so she's already familiar with the part, we asked Kalei. :)

Kalei's and Shelby's "big sister" Marjorie came to game time today! She isn't really their big sister, but she's a great friend of their family. :) She was telling us about some drama games she had played in the past. We asked her to lead the group in one, and she agreed! Thank you Marjorie! :)

I finally got some pictures during snacktime! :)

I love the gleam in Shelby's eyes. :)

Jared :)

Mom, Gloria, and Rosemary got home a couple hours ago!