Christmas Show 2011

The kids did great tonight in their show tonight. Meg made the whole audience laugh with her lamb voice. Zach looked dapper in his suit.

Grandpa Goellner visits

Grandpa Goellner came to visit this weekend. He got to experience the school Christmas Party Friday night, Zach's basketball game Saturday morning, Chris and Elizabeth singing for a Bending Towards the Light performance and a party during the LaGrange Holiday Walk. Sunday we joined the Cub Scouts at Cantigny.

Frog and Toad, Acting Camp

Frog and Toad, a set on Flickr.

Friday the kids ended 2 weeks of acting camp with a performance of Frog and Toad. They did a great job with their parts.

Tae Kwon Do Competition

Friday Zach had his first Tae Kwon Do Competition. He chose to do an upper cut punch (?) for his demonstration. He got a giant second place trophy for this move.

Prince Charming and our mouse

This weekend was the final weekend for this year's Riverside Theater Guild play. Chris made a practically perfect Prince Charming while Meg was an adorable mouse. Thank you to all of our friends and family who came to see the production.

St. Cletus Christmas Show

Last night Meg and Zach performed in the Christmas Show. They did a great job and looked adorable.

Our Rising Stars

This week Meg and Zach went to St. Cletus Vacation Bible Camp in the mornings and Rising Stars in the afternoons. Friday night they had their first show choir performance. It was a trip to watch the kids on stage singing "Its a Hard Knock Life". Meg had a special part where she showed off her gymnastics in "You ain't never had a Friend like me" . They also sang and "Shake, Rattle and Roll". It was a cute concert.

Kindergarten Graduation

Zach's Kindergarten "Celebration" was today. They did a very nice performance and received their certificates. We are sad to see their principal, Jolene Hillgoth, leave after this year. She's pictured here giving Zach his certificate.

Mother's Tea

Zach was simply adorable at the Kindergarten Mother's Tea today. The kids made blueberry muffins to serve with the iced tea. They sang songs (video coming soon) and gave us a wonderful handmade book about their Mom.

Zach's Kindergarten Mass

The Kindergarten and 8th graders led Mass this morning and performed a few songs for the Christmas show. It was adorable.

Bending Towards the Light

We were lucky enough to get to sing in the Bending Towards the Light Jazz Nativity at St. Luke's Lutheran downtown. It was a beautiful concert and we loved that Grandma and Grandpa McLean, the Buskers, and the Mitchells all came to see the show. After the show we had dinner at Wishbone, which was a treat.

Christmas Program

Last night was the St. Cletus Christmas Program. All of the kids did a great job and looked adorable.

Night at the Circus

Last night we took the kids to the Circus that came to school. Zach's favorite part was the circus. Meg loved the trapeze artists.

Meg's Video - Power of Two

Meg, the future videographer. She might have to learn not to sing along with the performers, but for now its just too cute!

The Sylvies

Tuesday night we went to see the Sylvies play in North Riverside. We met up with some of Zach's old friends from Little People's to enjoy the concert.

Night at Ravinia

Saturday night we went to see the BoDeans at Ravinia. We got lucky and the rain stopped around 3pm. It was a little chilly, but the kids were still up for ice cream treats.

The whole family had a great time!

Blue Man Group

Zach loved seeing Blue Man group on Sunday. He had been asking to go for 2 years, but you have to be 5 years old. So that's what Zach got for his 5th birthday. Unfortunately, he refused to stand next to one of them for a picture after the show. Pictured here is Meg with our friends Johnny and Charlie.

Opening weekend of the Play

We were excited to have lots of visitors this weekend to come see the play. Saturday after the show we celebrated Uncle Bobby's birthday. Sunday Grandpa Goellner came to see the show. All of the shows went great. Unfortunately, Meg was sick all weekend. It started with a fever Wednesday and by Sunday she had a bad ear infection in her right ear and the start of one in her left. But the show must go on and she was quite the trooper; still performing at all of the shows and resting when she wasn't on stage. We're hoping she can go to school Tuesday.

The Princess That Wouldn't Smile

Friday is opening night for the show. Rehearsals are going well, its shaping up to be a cute show.

We've got some pictures here, but unfortunately none of Meg yet. We tend to be in all of the numbers that Meg is in, which makes it hard to take pictures. We'll post more after this weekend's shows.

The kids with our yellow knight

Saturday, before the kids went back to school from Christmas break, we did dinner at Medieval Times with a group of friends. We had a great time cheering on our yellow knight. Meg took some video of the night. Zach was completely entranced watching the knights fight.-