{pretty, happy, funny, real}

{pretty}

Is there anything nicer than a baptism?  These are our dear friends: Steve in the red tie, Shannon holding sweet baby Marie, and 2 of our Godchildren - Anne being held by her grandmother on the left and Josh serving on the right.  Marie is baby #5 in their family. 

Isn't she a beautiful baby?

Here are 3 of my children along with another Godson (John Paul) in the middle.  It makes me {happy} to see how captivated they are by the baptism rite. 

 In other, much less awe-inspiring, news, we finally held our production of 'Hamlet' after several months of rehearsals.  The {real} part is how many life changes, illnesses, family difficulties we worked around to complete this project.  The kids persevered and did a great job.  Above you'll see Claudius, Gertrude, and Hamlet.  In case you're wondering, this play was held in our basement.  It was a sell-out crowd with 3 parents, 1 grandfather, and 2 younger siblings in attendance. 

 {funny}  This is me as Polonius 'dead' on the floor.  When we started rehearsal, I wasn't yet pregnant.  The show must go on...

 Here's Rosencrantz addressing Gertrude with his blue blankie in tow.  I'm pretty sure that wasn't in the script.

 Enter Laertes on the left. 

Cast and Crew.  Don't worry about the subject matter being too much for the kids - we used a very much abridged version which was definitely more comedy than tragedy.  But each child had at least a few actual Shakespearean lines to memorize.  Serious fun.  Love homeschooling.