Gosh, what a few days it's been. We've been busy. Some of it good-busy. Some of it, not so much. But in general, not bad. The kids have been a riot.
The boys decided to put on a puppet show for BabyGirl the other day. They wanted to do Cinderella, but thought we'd have to make puppets for it first. "Nah," I said (trying to convey more "creative, fun mom" than "really lazy, don't wanna do it mom," which was closer to the truth).
Look, we've got a lion. That could be the wicked stepmother. And an elephant, which sister could the elephant be?
Pretty soon, we had the full ensemble:
MonkeyPrince
Pigerella
Wicked Steplioness
Step-donkey
Step-elephant
Fairy Frog Who Makes Milk Shakes (Smidge's theatrical interpretation of the role)
Two sea serpents served for glass slippers.
Most of the action was ad-libbed, and I had to bow out about half way through the production because the boys had me in stitches too badly to perform my part as narrator.
I wish I'd filmed it. I really do need to find the camcorder, because these are the things that simply do not transfer well to words. I'd like to watch it again, too, as I'm sure I missed a good part of the action in the background. The frog stayed pretty busy. And one day, I think it will be sweet for Miss Emily to hear stories of how utterly devoted to her happiness her brothers have always been. But you know, a little visual aid wouldn't hurt.
Yep, gotta find that thing.
Kiss those babies!
~Dy
4 comments:
absolutely charming...I wish I'd seen that one, too!
I find the the Little People characters and stuffed animals make excellent fill-ins for puppets. I do it because I know that by the time we are actually finished making puppets, the interest in doing an impromptu play will be gone.
I keep thinking that I should install a nanny cam in the corner of our family room. I would love to have visible reminders of some of their antics - of course there would be other tapes I would erase as soon as possible.
Amy
It sounds delightful! I think Emily is very blessed to have such sweet brothers.
mere
Awwwwwwww.........too cute! You GOTTA find that camcorder!!
Oh- and I saw the book discussion below. We give two thumbs WAY up for the Terry Pratchett books as well. Savannah especially loved these.
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