August 24, 2008 --We've had a busy weekend!

Our little Power Ranger--On Saturday the kids and I stopped in a party store to look at all the Halloween things. We love Halloween! Well, they had several Power Ranger costumes on clearance. They only had one small size--Sawyer's favorite color--the green Power Ranger so I had to get it. (An x-small would have been a better fit but they didn't have any.) Needless to say, Sawyer was thrilled and couldn't wait to put on his costume. He wore the mask on our last two errands and jumped in the rest of his costume as soon as we got home. Today I asked him if he wanted to wear the mask to his Tuesday's doctor appoitment, he immediately replied, "No more pokes." Saturday we also hit the "Build & Grow" workshop at Lowe's. The kids enjoyed making their trucks and ended up repainting them when we got home. They're looking forward to the upcoming pirate ship "Build & Grow".
Friday night the kids participated in a talent show at our church. The talent show participants were ages 3-11. Makenna and Bridger both played the piano--Makenna a solo and then Bridger did a duet with me. (Makenna's wearing a 3 cornered hat in this picture for another talent she shared--that of memorization. She rattled off all 43 presidents in order. I've never been able to do that.)
For Makenna's last talent she shared her acting experiences--the Mount Vernon movie and then her upcoming "We the People,"movie which will be shown at the Smithsonian this fall. She shared a clip from the Mount Vernon movie. She also brought all of her pictures from the latest set and shared some sketches from her experiences.

Bridger talked about his artwork--Pirate crayon drawing and water-color self-portrait. He also showed everyone the "gold" medal he won for freestyle at the division swim team finals.
Hunter brought a collection of his swords and was going to do a sword fighting demonstration but he chickened out. It was a fun evening and I was so proud of my children. Poor Sawyer kept asking me when it was his turn to do something. He kept saying, "My turn. My turn." I should have just asked if he could have had a turn. He wanted to sing, "I am a Child of God." He does such a good job of singing it on his own. He got over the "My turn" worries, though, as soon as he saw the refreshments.