We’ve got the kids in an All About Theater production of The Little Mermaid this summer! The awesome thing is that all 3 of them can be in the same production (we got approval from the director to let Dylan stay with Cameron and Chloe since it is the first production for all of them). They are going to a pre-theater camp for “extra dance and singing training” and then they rehearse from 12:30-4:30pm. Well, Chloe ends at 2:30pm, so I have been spending each afternoon with her. It’s been very sweet although I do worry that this will make the transition back to preschool a bit rough!
So far, we have gone to Blue Ball park twice, gone grocery shopping (a big mistake to go home and put the perishables in the fridge as the traffic is absolutely hideous! It took 30 minutes to travel about 5 miles!), and today, we hit the nearby coffee shop for some Italian soda and stories (and fish-tank gazing).
Meanwhile, the production is going fast. They auditioned from Day 1 (Monday) through Wednesday and we got their roles on Thursday. Cameron was a little disappointed to not be one of the mersisters, but all of the mersisters are big girls, 7-9 year olds! We were so proud of her. She went to rehearsal knowing she didn’t get the part she really wanted (we told her she needed to “level up” in theater as it takes time to get used to singing and dancing and speaking lines on stage), but she asked the director if there were understudies. We were so proud of her for speaking up! We know it’s difficult for her (I shan’t project too much, but she is often very reserved!), but this meant enough to her that she did muster up enough courage to speak up!
Anyway, it’s been an exciting and eventful week. Tom has been dropping them off in the morning so I can squeeze in my work hours before getting Chloe at 2pm. This couldn’t be possible without both of us sharing the load.
