FOUR

 Baby boy turned 4 today!

Not quite a baby anymore.

He is quite a character.  I guess that is to be expected when you are the youngest of nine.

Fairly recently, the kids were looking at their baby books and he was looking at a picture of me before he arrived..he looked at me and said, "that's you!" I replied with, "yes, and you were still in my belly."  He waits a minute and yells, "YOU ATE ME?!!!"

It was hilarious.

Quite a character.

He loves tigers and is "growing a family of them" so he got one more to add to his collection

He also asked for corn on the cob..check!

Happy Birthday!

We love you

FIRE PREVENTION

 I know, I know...fire prevention month is October...

We had it in April.

Is there really any bad time to learn about fire safety?

We had a pretty good turnout

We had some demonstrations on tools, stop, drop & roll..the kids got to go into a truck and realize there is not much space in there and a LOT of great questions were asked during this session!

Thanks so much to Blairstown Hose Co. for allowing us in and to Mike for running this.

ARCHERY

 Mr J just finished up his second 6 week session of archery for the school year.

We finally found something that he enjoys doing, so hopefully we can keep up with it.

I'm glad co-op hosted this program.

We had looked around and couldn't find another archery club for kids after our club shut down for good in 2020.

He was too young at the point to join the club, so this was great exposure and he really enjoyed and excelled during these sessions.

I also just today found out that the instructor has another venue he shoots at, so maybe we can get him some more time on the range.

Happy Shooting!

ANNIE JR.

Last weekend, May 16-17, our co-op put on the production of Annie Jr.

We had 5 kids involved:  MJ on audio/visual, Boogie as stage manager, Bean as assistant director as well as a small part as Drake, the butler, Missy as Miss Hannigan and GT made his debut as a butler and townsperson.

We had a new venue this year which was both exciting and challenging!

These pictures are all out of order, but enjoy.

Miss Hannigan, Rooster and Lily

Backstage with Mr. Warbucks

Mr. Warbucks, Miss Hannigan, Annie and the orphans.

Just have to say, Annie did a phenomenal job!  She was so perfectly cast and a pleasure to watch.

Backstage..

Control booth!

Stage crew

Hannigan's office

Drake

Drake and butler

"Easy Street"

Christmas Day

Jailed.

Ending speeches and thank yous!

Not sure how the video will work, but I tried...

"Little Girls" by Miss Hannigan.

 

A fantastic job was done by all!

It was fun to watch, 

Congrats, kids!

SPRING PRIVATE LESSON RECITAL

 I was not home this past weekend, for reasons I will explain in another post at another time.

However, 2 of the kids had their co-op private lesson recital.

Mike tried to facetime me during the performances but I literally couldn't hear a thing as it was so glitchy.

I did get two screenshots though.

Private voice lesson and she sang "On My Own" from Les Miserables and absolutely killed it!

MJ recorded the whole program, but I doubt I will be able to attach anything. I can try at a late date if I remember.

Private French Horn lesson (with instructor on the trumpet) and he played two pieces from "Schoolyard Suite" by Timothy Marko

Great job by all, I'm sorry I missed it--but the recording was the next best thing.

ZOOPHORIA

Last week we went to a library program called "Zoophoria."

It is basically a one-woman show with her menagerie of creatures.

She brought 5 or 6 of them with her that day.

I did not get pictuers of them all, but it was fun.

She was so into it and that translates to the audience.

Milly the millipede

Noodles the constrictor

This guy wasn't too sure about it, but was brave.

(I passed)

There was also a cane toad named Cheeseburger, a zombie crab named Zumba, and a baby alligator. I forget it's name.

Did you know it is illegal to have a pet alligator in NJ?

But interestingly enough--it IS legal in Pennsylvania!!

What?  Why? 

So many questions.

Anyway, we had a nice time and the boys absolutely loved it.

She does birthday parties and events if anyone is interested.

 

WEAPON OF CHOICE

 More competition pictures.

The studio allowed me to use these.

Again, many congrats dancers!