more Joseph Photos

He's the one always holding the spear in front of his face - he is very consistent!

Joseph! and the Pinewood Derby

For a Scout project, Lincoln made an art project about one of his ancestors.  Here is is picture of his Grandpa Paul.  It says, "Don Paul.  He loves Birds."

Lincoln also got to make a car to race in his first Scouting Pinewood Derby. 

 

This is the Green Hornet - Ryan and Lincoln made it (with a little help from one of our neighbors).   Here is video of the race.  Lincoln's Pinewood Derby.

Marina cheered for Lincoln, and here he is with his 2nd place trophy!

Marina loves to play dress up, andhere she is with some of her outfits: 

 

 

 And here is my little brownie helper.  Her favorite part of helping is to lick the bowl.  

Lincoln has been rehearsing for his play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.  Here is Marina's review of it.  Marina's review of Lincoln's Play .  This is Lincoln's Ishmaelite costume, and some other shots from the show.  We are not allowed to take video (copyright), so this is the best I can do unless I can convince Lincoln to sing a solo on camera.  I'll do my best. 

February This and That

We have been pretty busy this month!  Lincoln has been practicing hard to learn the part of Oberon for his 2nd grade class production of  A Midsummer Night's Dream.  In fact, he used some of his lines to audition for the Playmakers (the group that did Seussical last year) production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.  He also sang "I've been working on the railroad" as his audition piece.  Lincoln had a fever of 101 the morning of the audition, and I called to see if he could reschedule.  But while I was on the phone, Lincoln said, "Nothing is going to keep me from getting a part in this play."  So, he took some Tylenol, went down to the theatre, and did a great audition.  His efforts paid off, and he will be an Ishmaelite, and in the chorus for the show.  I tried to get him to do his audition pieces on camera for the blog, but no go.  Clearly the artistic processes are delicate and should be respected absolutely.  We will just have to wait for the finished product.  The middle of May for his class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and March 23-28 for Joseph.  

Marina has also been practicing hard for the ballet Midsummer Night's Dream.  She is a fairy, and has rehearsal every week.  That performance will be April 1-2, and she can hardly wait.  She really likes when she has rehearsal with all the older dancers (It's the junior ballet, so most of the participants are 20 or younger) because they are such good dancers.  It's fun to watch her watch the dancers.  Here is a video of her at dance class.  

But no matter how serious of a ballerina, Marina still loves to have fun.   I'm thinking we have a great Halloween hairstyle.  We just have to find a costume to go with the hair.

Happy New Year!

So much has happened over the last month!   Lincoln collected lots of signatures on his cast.  He has now had it removed, and just wears a splint for another couple of weeks. 

 

Lincoln's "The Grinch who Stole Christmas" Cast

We attended some fun Christmas parties, and Marina loved all of them.  She is still insisting that she wants to be a poser when she grows up, and she taked every opportunity she can to practice.   

Lincoln had his school Christmas program, and he memorized the entire Night Before Christmas poem.  He also has big news - he gets to play Oberon, the Fairy King in his class play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

 

We had a great Christmas as a family - here are some photos of the present opening at our house and at Grandma Paul's.   We got lots and lots of presents!

 

Lincoln's dinosaur bank from Grandpa Terry

Marina's duck bank from Grandpa Terry

 

Marina's New Zhu Zhu Pets

Rina's New Pet Net

Marina's makeup from Nana

Ryan's airplane - it navigated our driving, and now flies in his office

Lincoln and Ryan trying out the new Bop It!  

Lincoln and Marina flew to Maine for Christmas - here are the hearty travelers right before their plane ride. 

Before the kids left, they helped with a big family project.  We pulled up two layers of linoleum on our kitchen floor.  Both kids were really good workers - they pulled strips of linoleum and used scrapers to help pull up others.  While they were gone, we finished the project, which was to put tile down. 

We love the new floor!

The first week of January, Marina got tubes in her ears and her adenoids removed.  She was a very good patient, and in a couple of days, she was back to her normal self.

We went to Salt Lake last weekend to see both families.  We spent time with cousins Kyle, Carter, and Ella. 

Aunt Karlene is a very good sport!

We went to the Museum of Ancient Life with Carter and Ella, and we had a great time.   

 

Marina and Ella were good friends at the museum

We also got to go the Will's 5th birthday party, and was it a party!

That's Marina climbing!

Marina Tried roller skating - for about three minutes