June 27 2006

......This last week seems like a month. Cleo got sick and was in the vet for several days, then she got pnemonia and there was just no chance of her recovering... we had to put her down on Thursday. We are very lost with out her. But at the same time do not have to worry about her getting her meals and meds at specific times. Nick doesn't care when as long as you feed him.
.......Dress rehersal was on Friday at 12. That meant we were supposed to be there at 11. Then they had to stay for the next one at 4pm.... we didn't because it was just too darn long. There are 2 shows, one in the afternoon for the younger kids and some of the solos and one in the evening for the older group. Performance team closed the first show and then all of Aundrea's dances were in the second show .... The show was on Saturday and it was 2 very long long days. But it was a great show and the video this year is wonderful. We had a real true professional do it and we had a live feed to the dressing rooms backstage so we could watch it as it happened. I can't wait for it to get here and then I will have Marc make me a couple of copies of Aundrea's dances. I wish Icould have a copy of the little little ones in the "chicken" dance. They were in tiny little black leos and had multi colored feather tutus and wristlets. One of the little girls had had enough by the show so she entertained the audience doing a strip act with her feathers.
........Our weather yesterday broke records for high temps. I have no idea how hot it was but too darn hot. The upstairs stayed hot until very early morning. Today was alot cooler but still hot. I would have driven up to Lorna's to swim but it was too hot to even do that.
.........I went on the school field trip to SEattle Center to see a play....(good grandma points here.) It was Junie B Jones and Monkey Business. It was a pretty cute play and the kids got to see fire trucks and it was a wonderful day weather wise. UNTIL we tried to get 2 school buses on the ferry coming home. They would not let us on. We hadn't made reservations. Of course no one knew we had to. So we had 2 buses with at least 50 1st and 2nd graders and rush hour traffic in SEattle and Tacoma. It was just too much fun. I have to say the kids were very good and it was a reasonably quiet trip home.