Tonight is our Arts Alive program, and I think our kids have their pieces ready to perform.  Of course, they could certainly have them more polished than they do, but isn’t that always the case?

We didn’t quite attain our goals as listed in a previous blog.  Last week I had the kids tell me what they really thought they could do, and we dropped a few poems from the list.

So tonight is the night.  That means everyone needs baths today, little ones will need to take naps, and I’ll need to grab some cookies from the store to put in the refreshment line.  Making cookies myself quickly got scratched from my to-do list. 

Last night we went to the church to practice our pieces on stage with the microphone.  It was good for the kids to hear how the microphone sounds, and for us to run through everything again.  Of course, it didn’t go without incident, and toward the end Laura rushed Mike into the sanctuary with blood running down his face.  I hurried to him and got him into the kitchen where I could wash his face and figure out what was wrong.  Turns out he just had a nasty nosebleed that he got from running into someone.  Once we got that under control, I took him back into the sanctuary with me so we could finish our rehearsal.  I was so glad to pack up and go home once we were done!

On the way home Amelia fell asleep in the van.  I didn’t know she was that tired!  Michael carried her in and she woke up enough to eat her supper before heading to bed.

I hope things go well tonight.  The kids have worked hard to get ready.