Lincoln and his cousin Petra

We're Off to See the Wizard . . .

Lincoln and Marina saw the play The Wizard of Oz last week.  Lincoln saw it with his class, but wanted to go again with his friends Mackenzie and Savannah.  Marina loves the movie, and was very excited to "go see Dorothy."  (sounds like 'Dorofy!")  The entire morning before the play, Marina made pictures for each one of the characters.  She even made one for the witch.  She kept saying, "The witch is scary, but she doesn't scare me!"  At the play, as soon as Dorothy walked on the stage, Marina yelled, "Hi Dorothy!"   (So much for our talk about theater etiquette!)  Lincoln, of course, watched the play attentively, and enjoyed it.  Marina was living the play with them.  When the wicked witch was defeated, Marina asked, "Did we win?"  When Dorothy was sad, Marina said, "She needs her friends."  Lincoln's favorite character was the lion, and he thought the tin man's costume was the best because he looked like a real tin man.  Marina liked Dorothy and the Tin Man the best.  She likes the song Over the Rainbow and when the scarecrow danced.  When it was over, and the actors left the stage, Marina promptly burst into tears, because she wanted to invite them over to our house.  Lincoln  said of the play as we were leaving, "Cooked to perfection!"  

Now, Marina has a message for Dorothy -  "Dorothy, I love you.  I love you too."  Marina is now reenacting the tin man, lion, and scarecrow getting their heart, courage, and brains.  This has been a regular occurrence for the last week.  

Easter for Lincoln

Lincoln and his dad spent the week on their own and then joined the family in Salt Lake for Easter.  Lincoln had and Easter egg hunt with Marina and his cousin Will.  Lincoln's eggs were hid in the hardest spots, but he found every single one!  Lincoln also painted his face as a tiger and prowled the house for a while.  Then, his grandpa, the cat, joined in.  What fun!  Lincoln and Marina also got gardening supplies from Bunker and Duckie - they have talked of nothing but starting a garden as soon as we get back to Cedar City!  We will have to get a garden started soon.  

Fun, Fun, Bunnies, and Fun

Marina spent the week in Salt Lake playing with her cousin will and helping take care of her brand-new cousin Petra.  Marina loves to have Baby Petra hold her finger, and Marina constantly gives updates about what the baby is doing at all times.  She is very helpful!  Marina got to go so many places, and have so much fun this week, we'll let the pictures tell the story.  Here is what the pictures are of:  

*Marina's water color project, and the water color that she got all over her face with it

*Marina and Grandpa Paul painted cat faces on themselves and then wanted a picture with Hope, the dog.

*Marina seeing the dinosaurs at the Utah Museum of Natural History.  She also saw dinosaurs at the Ogden Dinosaur Park this week.  She insisted on getting out of her stroller at one point so she could go tickle a dinosaur.  Then she walked up to the dinosaur sculpture and gave the brontosaurus' tail a tickle.  

*This is the Easter bunny that Marina made at Grandma Valene's house

*The next photos are of Marina's easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Paul's house.

*Marina with one of her dinosaur friends

*Marina at the "Toadally Frogs" exhibit in Salt Lake

*Marina and her cousin Will.

*Marina at the playground.

What a week!

Cookies for the Children

Marina says she can't come talk about the blog right now because she is making cookies for the children.  She has really been enjoying her new play dishes.  She cooks throughout the day, every day.  

Marina loved spending a whole day with her Grandpa Paul and Kara.  Her favorite part was playing at the playground (the picture is of her running her food window at the playground - thank you Grandpa Paul!).  She would take pretend orders, run into the little house, and come back with all our food (wood chips).  Marina really liked Monsters vs. Aliens.  Her favorite monsters were the red one, the blue one and the green one.  

Marina was really good during Lincoln's play.  She said her favorite part was all the singing and dancing.  My favorite comment from her was after the scene where the queen was questioning whether or not Princess Fred was really a princess.  When the scene was over, Marina whispered very seriously, "She is possibly not a princess."

Marina helped make homemade pizza yesterday.  Her favorite topping to put on (and the eat before it was put on) was green peppers.  She also loved the rolls we made with the extra dough.  That is about all she wanted to eat today.  

Once Upon a Mattress

Lincoln's play, Once Upon a Mattress, was last Thursday and Friday.  He did four performances in two days.  His Grandpa Paul and Kara came one day, and his Grandpa Bob and Grandma Valene came the other.  The matinees had over 700 people attending for each one.  Lincoln liked performing in front of the kids because he says it made it more fun to do the play in front of people.  Lincoln's favorite part of the play was the ending because that is when he got to hold a weapon.  (At the end of the play, they pull all sorts of armor and tools out from under the princess' mattress).  Lincoln's favorite song was "Fred."  His favorite part of that song sounds like a cheerleader chant, "With an F, and and R, and an E, and a D!  With an F-R-E-D Fred!  After his performances, he got to spend a whole day with Grandpa Paul and Kara.  They played at Park Discovery (Lincoln went fishing there), went swimming, flied a kite, and saw the movie Monsters vs. Aliens.  Lincoln's favorite part was when Susan hits the alien in the face.  His favorite monster in the movie was all of them!  Lincoln also got to eat at his favorite places this week - the chinese buffet (he calls it the chinese buffett) and Sizzler (he loves the ice cream there).  Lincoln had a very good week.  

Lincoln's Many Talents

Lincoln has been very busy the last couple of weeks. He is still rehearsing for the play Once Upon a Mattress, and his performances are this week. One day, Lincoln decided that he wanted to build something out of wood. He and his dad made a box out of wood to hold his tools. Here is the result.

Lincoln also build a castle out of cards - he was very proud of the results.

Lincoln also designed his costume for Once Upon a Mattress. Here is his design. His costume will actually look very much like this.

Lincoln has also been spending a lot of time drawing. Here are a couple that he is most proud of. One is a picture of many animals. The other is a picture of a

burglar.