School is going well. (Just as I said that Chloe dropped her pencil behind her, no stretching allowed :) ). Anyway, school is going well these days. I was going to use a science book from a friend for last semester but science didn't get done much last semester. I now have them on the schedule they were suppose to do originally (I'll get your book to you soon Julia). I think Chloe is going to have a blast doing science. She really was looking forward to studying the solar system this semester. We aren't there yet but we will be. We are going to make a few days of school on John's working weekends. Those days will be filled with just science and math. So, one day they will be happy, the other miserable. :) Math is no longer Jesse's favorite subject.
I have to say her math is really getting harder. I am amazed what they put in a fifth grade math book these days: beginning algebra, multiplying and dividing with fractions. I don't remember doing those in fifth grade, especially the algebra!
Rehearsals are going well. I missed Tuesday's, but I was told it went well. Tonight, they both have to be there. I believe they are going to do a run through of the first half of the play. It will be the first time we will "see" Tink #2. It should be fun! I am going to sign-up to help during the shows. I think I am going to try to be a "child wrangler", as Mr. Jerry calls it. I believe I am better suited for that job than others I could choose from.
Many of you (most probably) do not know I spent some time of my own in the theatre during my college years. I have loved the theatre since I was Chloe's age when I saw my first production at our local high school. I was fascinated! While I longed to do something in high school, I did not have the personality for it. Wait. You have to understand (for those who did not know me then) I was a completely different person then. I was hiding. I was hiding for many reasons, that took me a long time to deal with. Anyway. I loved the theatre...until they fired our director. He has replaced by a poop head. Yep, I said! So, reluctantly I left the theatre shortly after John G. And I have not been back, until now.
I'll get back to my point now. Tuesday night I went back to TKD to teach. I was completely myself there. I love being there. I love that I was missed by "my kids". I love talking to the parents. I am comfortable there. I told John later that night it was funny, twenty years ago I would have been more comfortable in a theatre than a dojo. Now, it is just the opposite. I don't feel myself when I am at the theatre now, though myself does come out when it needs to correct the behavior of a child.
All-in-all, I think this theatre experience has been good for the girls. It took them out of their comfort zone (TKD) and put them into something brand spankin new for them. And they are enjoying it. I believe they are going to take a homeschool theatre class in March/April. They are still thinking about and discussing it with John, but it is looking probable.
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