Lion King Jr. has been apart of our lives since September. Twice a week 7:30 am practices, some looong production crew meetings, some hair and make-up meetings, tons of pinterest pinning, youtube tutorials, lots and lots of emails and texts answering questions....all leading to two crazy weeks of dress rehearsals and performances. I was over hair and make-up this year. Byron had the part of the Rhino Anane, and Soren was the Elephant Taiwo.
It was an exhausting thrilling stressful kind of fun.
By the end of the night, the face paint station was always a disaster...no way can you paint 60 faces in 45 minuets and keep things clean!
The dressing hallway always started out nice and organized but ended up like a tornado had hit, and smelling like feet.
But it was all worth it to watch these kids perform their hearts out.
They worked so hard and put on one amazing show!
Guests who came to see:
Soren's pal Owen
Our bestie Fielding
Grandma and Grandpa
Miriam and Dad twice
It was fun for the boys and I to make some new friends at our 'kind of' new school. But most of all, I love the memories we have collected as a family.
The stories and the music from each play the kids take part in become part of our family story. We all get immersed into it while the kids spend time learning and performing, and I spend time helping from the sidelines. This will be apart of our elementary school memories that we will cherish forever. One of those "remember when mom always made us try out for the elementary school plays?!" after which we will all break into song from one play or another...good times now, and good times to come for sure.
