Dearest Castillo Children,
The following week we spent our FHE outside. The weather has been so nice around 6 that we love spending time in our green and beautiful backyard.
Nora drew a turtle - and it actually looked like a turtle! I was impressed.
Annalise with my tall sunflowers. (I think she looks like Ellie here)
Annalise catching the moon again with Daddy.
Nora's portrait of me.
The girls coloring together.
Annalise spent the rest of the week sick. She had a pretty nasty cold, but since she has such a weak gag reflex she also throws up if she coughs hard.
What she ended up doing with her throw up bucket most of the time.
Nora got brand new princess panties! She got too big for her other panties and it was time to get her some really cute ones.
I decided to try to get back into drawing since it was something I use to do casually but haven't done in forever. I decided to draw Annalise but I made her look older - like what she'll look like in a few years. Todd thinks it looks like my mom.
My picture of Annalise.
Annalise holding her picture.
I also finally got around to painting my laundry room. (The girls are pretending to help.)
That next day I took Nora to go see The Wizard of Oz, put on by a local theatre company called Christen Youth Theatre. I was so excited to see a show with Nora, but I forgot that the Wizard of Oz is kind of boring. Half way through Nora was saying she didn't like it. It totally made me laugh. i didn't expect her to be so confused with the blackouts either. She always asked, what's going to happen when ever the stage went black. I realized this was her first time having that happen, since movies don't do that. The show was like a really good high school production, the actors were pretty talented. The best thing for me was how they did the twister. A long funnel piece of materials with gray and black pieces coming off that they ran along the catwalks. It actually looked good. Could have use more lighting cues though... ANYWAY!
Just before we left (doesn't Nora look thrilled?) :)
In her seat, waiting for the show to start.
I think intermission was her favorite because I got her a chocolate covered pretzel. (they did all their treats by donation - which was so smart!)
Happy with her treat.
Sitting on one of the crazy seats outside of the theatre (notice her red sparkling shoes?)
I kept asking her if she wanted to go home and she did at one point. Then she wanted to finish the show so we ended up going in a little late for the second act.
We went to BJs afterwards for a special dinner.
We got their speciality dessert (gluten free, of course!) to share. Nora just wanted the ice cream.
When I got I realized how much money the little theatre group is making and getting to do theatre everyday I started to day dream about doing my own theatre group someday based off of the same program. Then I dreamt that Rod, Todd's dad, did the theatre program with me when we finally moved back to Phoenix one day. How awesome would that be!? I can't imagine doing it now with small children. Maybe in the very distant future. ;)
On Sunday we found ourselves in the backyard again. We love looking at our garden and playing in the grass. Seriously, one of our favorite activities.
Our garden is growing strong!
Sunflowers finally made it over the fence.
Playing with bubbles.
Nora can do it all by herself
Annalise letting us know that she can do it too!
Playing in the sandbox (her Santa present)
That's it everybody! That's all I got in me. I am sure I missed adorable stories and super cuteness, but I guess these cute pictures will have to speak for me. Love you my little ones!
With All My Love,
Your Mother
Wonderful. So glad you took Nora to the play. It takes practice to follow a play but they love them when they 'get it', and then you will get original productions when they play. So much fun. Ask Todd about his puppet theater efforts. Course he was a bit older. I think there is a photo of it in his picture book. Thank you again for all the photos. I can't believe how fast they are growing up.
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