It Got up and Danced Away!

The kids have recently found a new favorite show. Phineas and Ferb on the Disney channel. They like it because it is clever and funny and has boys as the main characters and a sister who is constantly trying to get them in trouble is also a plus. Doug and I like it because it is about kids on summer vacation trying to keep busy, but not in front of the TV. They are creative and clever about what they are going to do each day. (Phineas is the orange hair one and does all the talking. Ferb the green and he almost never talks. Candace is the older sister.)

Sarah is, as you will remember from my "Shut the **** door" post, into quoting things she hears on TV. The funny thing about this is that she actually uses the quotes in an appropriate way. Two of my favorite are from this show.

The first is from Phineas and Ferb's friend Isabella. Her catch phrase is "Whatcha doin?" She will walk up to Phineas and Ferb and ask this question at the beginning of each of their builds. Sarah, my clever little pixy, will walk into a room where one of the rest of the family is busy doing some task or another and ask, in almost the same intonation as Isabella, "Whatch doin'?"

The second, and this is my favorite one, she did out of the blue and it made me laugh till it hurt. In one particular episode the boys built a giant TV. As Candace, the big sister, was trying to tell her mom what the boys were doing in the back yard, the giant TV got hit with a dancing beam. The TV danced off just before mom turned the corner. When asked what happened to the giant TV Candace was trying to tell her about, Candace said, "It got up, and danced away!" A few days after the kids watched this episode I was asking Sarah where something of hers was and she replied with a very strait face, "It got up and danced away!"

Admittedly this blog will be funnier if one, you have actually ever watched Phineas and Ferb and two, if you have actually heard Sarah's quotes. So this is for those of you that can answer yes to either or both of these questions. For the rest of you, check out Phineas and Ferb on the Disney Channel, it's on a lot and the episode I reference is called Out of Toon. It has a lot of adult type humor in it too, you know, the one liners that the kids don't really get, but are meant for the adult watching. Don't take my word for it though, watch an episode or two and see what I mean.

Hey, Look! I blogged!!

Yes I know. It has been a very long time since I last decided to dump my thoughts and activities on this blog. I know all you regular readers have been waiting on the edge of your seats. Well here I am so sit back, relax, and enjoy. Hmmm, let's see... Where do I begin?

I suppose I could go all the way back to Easter. This was our first Easter in Britton. It was a great Sunday. There was church at 7am, which we did NOT go to, followed by the Easter Breakfast and then church at 10am. The kids got all dressed up and had a great day.

Each Sunday gets a little better for us in church. Sarah is new to the whole church thing since I religiously used the nursery at St. Paul's. Emmanuel is also a smaller and therefore picks up more of the "kid noise". You know, pencils, clipboards and hymnals dropping, Sarah talking too loud, the boys talking to each other, Daniel trying to talk to his friend three rows up and over, the usual.

The next big event of the year was the Pirate and Princess Party at Britton School. The preschool hosted the party for all the little ones. There was lots to do and see. Daniel and Sarah dressed up in pirate and princess costumes and we began our adventure. The Cafetorium was decorated with lots of pirate and princess stuff. There was dancing and singing on the stage, a pirate ship and princess castle to get your picture taken in and lots of real pirates and princesses to meet. ( The high school kids got dressed up ~ it was great! )

There were crafts to make and cotton candy to eat. The girls could get their hair and nails done and the boys got tattoos. There was even a treasure hunt for gems in the preschool room. They gave away books to all the kids and Daniel even won a pirate CD in a drawing. All in all it was a very fun night, as you can tell by the pictures.

The next big event at Britton School was the opening of the Wax Museum. The fourth grade each became a character in the wax museum. They researched their character, wrote reports, made posters and developed costumes, all in preparation for the grand opening. Each character had a prepared speech that they recited when their "speech button" was pressed. Grace was Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. Two of her friends featured in the pictures below are Emma or Annie Oakley and Beka or Laura Ingalls Wilder. The kids all did a great job!!






I must say that I have tons more to write, but not enough time tonight. So you will have to come back again soon to hear what else we have been up to in Britton. See ya all soon!!