Doctors and Cast Lists and Funny Stuff

So a lot has happened in the last week. Here are some highlights.

C had a regular old check-up. The kid is healthy. 

Saturday was the Reconciliation retreat. I thought it went pretty darn well, to be honest. I don't know that I will change much for next year. After the retreat, we went out to eat at Olive Garden and you know what? It is not fancy but gosh it was good, and just what I needed and wanted. Then I promptly went home and crashed for a long nap. A really good, clearly much-needed, long nap. 

Husband took the kids to see the ice sculptures. It's an annual event downtown and I have never been but the three of them go annually. I am glad they have that tradition and even more thankful I was snuggled up sleeping, warm, and not looking at ice sculptures. 

We spent the week working on C's Birds of Prey project. It's a 4th-grade tradition at our school. Though it was decidedly not that stressful so I don't know why it has such a negative reputation among the parents? 

Each 4th grader chooses a bird of prey out of a hat and does a research paper and a project about it. But they do the paper and research in class so all we were responsible for was a project. He turns it in today and it's a news report. He plays 3/4 characters. (A Minnie Mouse puppet plays the remaining part.) He helped edit it up and it's pretty good actually. 

This is a terrible screenshot from his 1:24-long video. But he is also turning in his script and his storyboard to show all his work. 

On Wednesday M and I went to the Children's hospital about an hour away for her to have a little procedure done. 

She did so great! She was gone from me in the procedure room for over an hour which felt very long to me waiting! But all of God's grace was abundant and she didn't even cry once! (And that's a miracle in and of itself because she is my no-pain-tolerance dramatic kid.) The child life specialists who stayed with her the whole time are truly a gift. 

And she even got a small Lego set as a reward for doing so great from child life. I am so incredibly thankful that the procedure went well. And for this hospital to be so close by. It truly feels like hollowed ground when you get to the campus and I almost cried a few times while I was waiting to just know that we'd be going home and so many floors of other families weren't going to have that same experience. So lots to pray for. M is a little sore still today but she is on the upswing. 

In casting news... C will be playing the role of Maurice. 

M will be playing the role of Lady with a Cane. And while you don't know who that is... let me tell you. She is the most relatable character in the whole movie! 

Yes. M gets to sing "I Need Six Eggs" and am I thrilled? I am. It's my second favorite line of the whole movie after "Marie, the baguettes! Hurry up!" Cue my throwback pic of my babies as babies in 2017. 

Anyway, it was all very exciting and they had their first rehearsal as a casted group yesterday and it went well so that makes me very happy. 

And just to end Friday on a high note: here are a few things that made me laugh out loud this week!

So that's it. Happy Friday!