Well today was the long awaited day for Geneva and the rest of the cast of
Snoopy, the Musical!

There were some jitters to be had, of course,
but mostly excitement around our house.

After a bit of school and some hair prep,
I dropped Geneva off at the church where they were performing,
and then drove over to a nearby Boston Market
to await the rest of the family,
who were meeting me there for supper before the show.

While I sat in my van outside the restaurant,
I couldn't help admiring this car.

I was about to take a picture with my phone
when I realized "Hey!  I have my camera with me!"

 

Hanging out after supper, waiting till it was time to head over to the church.

 

When we arrived,
the Heidmann Grands plus Jess and the four cousins
were already outside waiting.
We went in and promptly took up most of the first two rows with our
13 people.

 

Laurent on the boy's end of the row.

 

Megan with the little girls and Paul.

 

The Boy, probably monologuing.

A proud grandma,
awaiting the curtain.

 

Paul holding a calculus seminar with his nephew.

 

After a fantastic show,
the cast was swarmed with appreciative
and congratulatory
mobs of fans.

Here are Frieda and Sally!

 

Getting a Grandpa hug!

 

Cousins eagerly joined Geneva on stage...

 

Megan was extraordinarily inspired by the production...

 

Jacob enjoyed meeting his sister's colleagues and is giving a hearty
"Hah! Hah! Hah!" about something here...

 

A rousing dance with cousins and cast members broke out on stage...

 

And THIS
is the face of someone who
will
not
be
denied
her request to join MoezArt next semester.

 

Indubitably, theater is here to stay.

 

In preparation for the big
!!!Opening Night!!!
of Geneva's theater production,
I had to spend a good deal of time with a curling iron,
creating a head of
"Naturally Curly Hair"
on a girl who has hair as straight as
an arrow:

It's quite a bit shorter when curly!!

 

While I was doing that,
Megan was working the opposite magic with a flat-iron
on
Laurent's head of long,
naturally curly hair.

They are both enjoying the change-up!

Geneva and Lisa,
hanging out inside the warm van
before church
during my choir rehearsal.

Lisa and her precious Grandma-pickles
were not to be parted!

Mom and her Vikings game.

Father-daughter dance.

A happy couple by the water.

Susan and Grandma on the patio.

Another happy couple.

And one trio.

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Hanging around outside
I observed
Megan and Grandpa
working the Bar-B-Que:

 

And later,
down in the valley,
Paul, Megan and Jacob were playing some ball:

Jacob batted right hand.
Being a lefty, I was surprised.
But he said it worked better that way.

Megan started out going right handed too...

But did much better when she switched to left.

Good hit!!

 

 

And after that,
back on the patio by the house,
a rousing game of
velcro ball tic-tac-toe
broke out:

You throw a little ball with strips of velcro around it

at this padded tic-tac-toe board with velcro squares,

and the first one to get three in a row
wins.

It's way harder than it sounds.

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I wandered down the lakeside
to see these lazily
paddling
birds:

Such a pretty place.

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After church yesterday we went to Sun Lakes
for some bar-b-que
and relaxation with the Heidmann Grandparents.

Pics from the day include these photos of
flowers from the patio in their
various stages of
growth.

 

 

 

 

For the last several months, my youngest daughter has been growing increasingly rapturous in anticipation of her upcoming performance in the Musical, "Snoopy" -- wherein she will play the role of Frieda, the girl with red, "naturally curly hair."

 

 

Today was the day for which she has been eagerly waiting.  Mid-morningish, she, mother and I motored off to Wal-mart, and while mother got her hair cut by a terrifyingly flamboyant young man, Geneva and I found a delightful shade of red hair coloring.  By the time we were through the checkout, the nice young man (who was no longer terrifying) was shaking out the black cape and mother, happily shorn in a perfect pixie cut, was ready to go.

We got home at 11:30, and that gave me *barely* enough time, but I managed to get her hair colored and dried and deliver her to rehearsal by 12:30.

The old look:

 

and the new flashy do:

Sigh.

The things we do for our craft.