Sunday, September 16, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Well unfortunately I think I will be lucky if I post on here once a month at this point!
So much has been going on! Summer is over and Caitlin started at Middle School. We had some minor issues with opening her locker, it is a testy one that doesn' t like it if you pass the numbers. She is figuring it out though and is usually on time to her classes. She has 2 main teachers: Mrs. Camp who teaches Math and Science and Mr. Scott who teaches Social Studies and English. She really likes Mr. Scott and says he is fun and only 27 years old! Yikes! She also has PE (you cannot call it Gym because she says the teacher hates that) and Tech which is a CAD design art class. They are designing and building bridges out of wood and then they get to put them on some machine to do stress tests. She is very excited about that class. She said the only bad thing is that the HUGE 8th graders bowl them over everyday on the way to 6th hour. We didn't have any advice other than to move over and she said that wasn't helpful.
Next week is the Show Choir audition. She really wants to be in it and it sounds really fun and right up her alley. She is singing "Seize the Day" from the show Newsies for her audition. It is a solo from one of her other shows she did. The show choir is a performance choir that puts on 8 shows a year thoughout the year. They have only 24 members, so we are waiting to see if she gets it.
We both have parts in the Starlight Theater production of Fiddler on the Roof. Which of course is one of my all time favorite musicals. I am Fruma Sarah (the ghost of the dearly departed wife of Lazar Wolfe who comes from beyond the grave in a dream to scare Tevye into not letting his daughter marry my husband). It involves singing really loud and screaming and running around stage and is such a fun part, one that I have wanted to play for a long time. Caitlin is in the ensemble and gets to sing lots of songs! The shows are Friday and Sat nights at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm, the weekends of Oct. 19-21 and Oct. 26-28.
Caitlin also auditioned for Seussical the Musical Jr. and got the part of the Sour Kangaroo which seems like a pretty darn good part. As far as I can tell she has a couple of pretty big singing parts that are real bluesy sounding, it should be a blast for her!!! The shows are the weekend of Nov. 1-4.
Girl scouts is kicking off this weekend with a trip to tour the Parade Company in the middle of Detroit. I lost both girls who had parents that "would never let their kids go to Detroit" and were amazed and aghast that I brought Caitlin down there to do stuff (I wasn't all that sad about them choosing not to continue with me this year). The trip should be loads of fun, we have 9 girls going. They get to work on part of the very first Girl Scouts of Southeastern float that will make its debut this year; make a mask or have their faces painted; do a craft; eat lunch and tour the giant paper mache heads and floats. The other Mom chaperone and I are more excited than the girls I think!!!
We start meetings next week and I think I am going to have 15 girls, which is apparently unheard of in 6th grade Cadettes, since they start to think it is not cool. If I can get some good cookie sellers, maybe we could go to Chicago or something at the end of the year. My goal is to show them how cool scouts can be and how much great stuff we can do and what great girls they can be.
Also, Caitlin, Judy, Beth and I are going to Girl Scout night at the Fisher to see Mary Poppins after a backstage tour and meet and great with the cast! Could I be a more awesome Mom or leader?? I forwarded the info to the other parents, but didn't make it a troop event. I am doing selfish Caitlin time.....the best time ever!
Busy, busy, busy, as always here in the Thompson house! Hope all is well with all of you!
So much has been going on! Summer is over and Caitlin started at Middle School. We had some minor issues with opening her locker, it is a testy one that doesn' t like it if you pass the numbers. She is figuring it out though and is usually on time to her classes. She has 2 main teachers: Mrs. Camp who teaches Math and Science and Mr. Scott who teaches Social Studies and English. She really likes Mr. Scott and says he is fun and only 27 years old! Yikes! She also has PE (you cannot call it Gym because she says the teacher hates that) and Tech which is a CAD design art class. They are designing and building bridges out of wood and then they get to put them on some machine to do stress tests. She is very excited about that class. She said the only bad thing is that the HUGE 8th graders bowl them over everyday on the way to 6th hour. We didn't have any advice other than to move over and she said that wasn't helpful.
Next week is the Show Choir audition. She really wants to be in it and it sounds really fun and right up her alley. She is singing "Seize the Day" from the show Newsies for her audition. It is a solo from one of her other shows she did. The show choir is a performance choir that puts on 8 shows a year thoughout the year. They have only 24 members, so we are waiting to see if she gets it.
We both have parts in the Starlight Theater production of Fiddler on the Roof. Which of course is one of my all time favorite musicals. I am Fruma Sarah (the ghost of the dearly departed wife of Lazar Wolfe who comes from beyond the grave in a dream to scare Tevye into not letting his daughter marry my husband). It involves singing really loud and screaming and running around stage and is such a fun part, one that I have wanted to play for a long time. Caitlin is in the ensemble and gets to sing lots of songs! The shows are Friday and Sat nights at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2pm, the weekends of Oct. 19-21 and Oct. 26-28.
Caitlin also auditioned for Seussical the Musical Jr. and got the part of the Sour Kangaroo which seems like a pretty darn good part. As far as I can tell she has a couple of pretty big singing parts that are real bluesy sounding, it should be a blast for her!!! The shows are the weekend of Nov. 1-4.
Girl scouts is kicking off this weekend with a trip to tour the Parade Company in the middle of Detroit. I lost both girls who had parents that "would never let their kids go to Detroit" and were amazed and aghast that I brought Caitlin down there to do stuff (I wasn't all that sad about them choosing not to continue with me this year). The trip should be loads of fun, we have 9 girls going. They get to work on part of the very first Girl Scouts of Southeastern float that will make its debut this year; make a mask or have their faces painted; do a craft; eat lunch and tour the giant paper mache heads and floats. The other Mom chaperone and I are more excited than the girls I think!!!
We start meetings next week and I think I am going to have 15 girls, which is apparently unheard of in 6th grade Cadettes, since they start to think it is not cool. If I can get some good cookie sellers, maybe we could go to Chicago or something at the end of the year. My goal is to show them how cool scouts can be and how much great stuff we can do and what great girls they can be.
Also, Caitlin, Judy, Beth and I are going to Girl Scout night at the Fisher to see Mary Poppins after a backstage tour and meet and great with the cast! Could I be a more awesome Mom or leader?? I forwarded the info to the other parents, but didn't make it a troop event. I am doing selfish Caitlin time.....the best time ever!
Busy, busy, busy, as always here in the Thompson house! Hope all is well with all of you!
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