Monday, April 30, 2018

Channel 6 Field Trip

 A couple of weeks ago we got to take a tour of the Channel 6 studios with our 4H club.

 Just about anywhere you go there, you'll see a LOT of wires if you look up!

 The studio!

 
 These two could probably host their own morning show!

 Lacey Swope showed the kids how the green screen worked.

 The kids got to give it a try, too!


 Will Kavanagh showed the kids his helicopter!


Since we were downtown we stopped off at Hurts Donut before we went home!

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Fashion Revue

Most of our last six weeks or so has been taken up with sewing for the Fashion Revue!
 
Now that Jack is 13, he's in a different level so he has to make some more difficult things.
 
This is Alice's first year to sew as an actual 4Her!
 
She worked hard on this top!
 
There was a good amount of playing going on, too.
 
I'm not sure these two should be allowed to go to the same college.  Ha!
 
Just rolling through the field in the dark...
 
Starbucks is now a sewing tradition!
 
We also worked on a few items at home!
 

The kids also put in a lot of work on the day of the Fashion Revue helping get everything set up.
 
It takes a lot of people a long time to get it ready!
 
A few of the participants posing with the decorations.
 
These are all the kids from our club who participated!
 
I was back and forth between the kids' judging tables so I didn't get a picture of Alice's tote bag that night, but it looked so good!  It's lined and even has a pocket with velcro inside!
 
Alice was a little nervous before the judging started.
 
She did a great job, though!
 
First place for her top!
 
She also made a dog costume.
 
The model!  She got first place for it!  Out of nine categories, she won first in two of them, which is pretty great considering how many kids were in her division!
 
This was Jack's third year, so he knew what to do.
 
First place for his pajama top and bottoms!
 
He also got first place for his bag he made in a sewing class!
 
Showing off his dog costume
 
His model--and he got first, too!
 
Jack's friend won champion for their level and he won reserve champion!  They worked so hard!
 
Time for the fashion show!
 

All of the level champions!
 
We finished up the night with pizza!  We arrived pretty much at closing time and they were nice enough to stay open for us!

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Happy Easter!

 Life has been pretty crazy here lately but we got to have a nice Easter weekend.  Friday was beautiful and the kids dyed eggs outside.  (If it had been rainy I would have made them do it in the garage because egg dyeing is not going to happen in my white kitchen without a lot of stress.  This way we can all enjoy it!)

 We brought the cats out to see what they thought of the outdoors.  They weren't fans.

 This morning we got up much earlier than we normally do on Sundays so we could get to the early service.

 Looking good and out the door by 7:45!


 After church we came home and had resurrection rolls and Jack hid Hatchimal eggs for Alice to find.

We had dinner at Jay's parents' house--with an indoor egg hunt since it was in the 30s!

Happy Easter!

Friday, March 30, 2018

The Shiners Circus

I'm more than a month late in posting, but we went to the circus!  Alice had been asking to go so she was so excited!
 
We had front row seats!
 
Tigers

Trapeze artists
 


Spider-Man came and did some tricks.


Hula hoops!
 
Trick riding
 
Dogs!
 
Tightrope walkers!
 
During the intermission they rode the elephant.  You can see they were pretty excited about it!
 

My very favorite thing was the little dog in the elephant costume!
 

The cats were pretty entertaining, too!
 

Alice was looking forward to the aerialists, but I think they were a letdown after seeing The Greatest Showman.
 
It was a great time!