Closing Time

Phoebe had a great closing weekend for Annie. She had fun doing the show, but she was ready for it to be done. She's really looking forward to doing theatre at the high school next year.

Stay Cool

Over a month ago, before my aunt came to visit, our fridge died. The freezer still worked, but the fridge was no longer cooling things to a food safe temperature. We quickly (at midnight, because that's what time the fridge started beeping at us) moved the food out to our smaller garage fridge. After doing some problem solving, we decided to use whatever money we would have spent on a repair toward a new fridge. Bryan ordered it and we waited for it to be delivered. We've been so busy that we pushed back the delivery date. And we pushed it back again. And again. And again. I started calling the garage "our summer kitchen." And I barely went grocery shopping because we had so little room. On Monday of this week the kids were complaining that we were essentially out of food. I told them I would go shopping as soon as we had the new fridge.

Well, the magical delivery day finally arrived on Tuesday.

Here's the old fridge:

And here's the new fridge! It's taller than the old one, so we had to remove the cupboard above it. That's part of why we had to push back the delivery date, we needed time to take it down and paint.

It's huge and fancy and clean and, best of all, it works!

Bus Stop Dance Party

In addition to dancing, they rocked out with air guitar and pantomimed drums while we waited to get Phoebe from the bus stop.

Maths

Now that we're almost to the end of the school year, Topher is starting to bring home his school supplies. He used up his math workbook and brought home the cover, plus a few blank pages still attached to the inside. I found him in the library, writing in his own math problems on those blank pages so he could continue to work on his favorite subject.

All About the Mom

I had a wonderful Mother's Day. 

Bryan made breakfast and dinner. 

I got to shower and get ready for church without anyone yelling for me. 

I sent so many "Happy Mother's Day" texts that Google Voice flagged it as spam and stopped delivering them. I sent Bryan a bunch of test texts to see how different I had to make the message for it to go through.

Topher gave me a coaster he made at school. Then he gathered up several more items (some that belonged to other people) and delivered them to me in a gift bag.

Bryan gave me a mini watermelon, a bag of cherries, and my own container of delicious sugar-free mint chip ice cream.

I even got a short nap before dinner. It ended when Topher woke me up so we could do the "giant Wordle."

It ended with a video call from Peter and a movie with Phoebe and Cooper who both happened to have a virtual day of school on Monday, so they could stay up a little later than usual.

Easy Street

We saw Phoebe perform as Lily St. Regis in her middle school production of Annie. She stole every scene she was in! She did a fantastic job with both her high and squeaky New Jersey accent and her low Texas accent. And for those of you that remember last year when she was the mom in Matilda: this is the same wig. Somehow it seemed even bigger this year.

She has one more weekend of shows.

Break a leg, Phoebe!

The Dark Side

We went to a Star Wars party the weekend of May the 4th. Bryan won the trivia contest and Phoebe won the costume contest. She came dressed as a Sith, her friend loaned the light-saber for the picture.

Waving Through Another Window

The final video I'm going to share from the concert is from Sophie. This, Waving Through a Window from Dear Evan Hansen, is the same song she sang for her school talent show. But instead of the 90 second version, this is the whole song. Bryan bumped the key up a few steps so that it fell a little more comfortably for her.

What Is This Feeling?

Sophie and her friend Gemma had a lot of fun preparing What Is This Feeling? for the concert. They're pretty well matched vocally since they're both such strong singers. The acting was a fun bonus for both of them.

Fun fact: there's a chance this movie won't work. When I uploaded it to YouTube I got a warning that it might not be visible in all territories. So, if you can't see it, let me know. 

Princess Problems

Phoebe's friend Isaac really wanted to sing a duet with her. She's still growing in her comfort level with singing by herself in front of other people, so she was apprehensive. We saw the new Snow White movie when it came out in theaters (so cute!) and this song was fresh on my mind. I suggested it since most of the singing falls to him, but there's still enough for her that it counts as a duet. I love the acting that they got to do with this one. And I think they both sound wonderful.