Ava & Zach Make The Cut

 A friend brought me a copy of the recent Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center brochure. There were a couple of familiar faces in it! I've written about the library before, they have great homeschool programs.

Dancin' Mosleys

The videos from dress rehearsal for my kids' dance recital. My husband has the videos from the actual performance, hopefully he posts them soon...When finding a Mosley in a dance video, look in the back. Tall kids are always in the back. That's why we love solos.

 

Ava's Egyptian ballet routine. Zach says, "Are they supposed to be the Israelites??"




Ava's Hairspray jazz routine. After which Colson says to her, because 8 months of hip hop has apparently made him a jazz expert, "Ava, I saw one little problem in your jazz routine. You weren't shimmying as much as the other girls. I could tell because the strings on your dress weren't moving as much as theirs". But those of you who know my introverted Ava know that what she's doing in this video is akin to her having an epileptic seizure.




And Colson's Michael Jackson tribute hip hop routine. He comes in from the right side in the beginning, he's the one without the glove. Because he lost his. Shocking. Ava was irritated because this routine got all the applause. I had to explain to her that when 37 out of 38 routines are all girls, that one routine with all boys is going to get the crowd going. Plus any routine featuring Michael Jackson moves is going to get applause. I said even if all the boys fell on their faces the audience would applaud loudest for them. It's like a routine filled with babies and puppies.


We asked Zachary if he wanted to be in the dance recital next year. He said, "I think I'm more of a sports guy than a dance guy...."

They Need Stunting

Colson and Ava, 10 and 9. Whatever are they going to look like at 17 and 16?

Ava's Bucket List

I went into my daughter Ava's room the other day to put away clothes, and I found this taped to the wall behind her door. Her bucket list. I mean, it's about time. Tick tock, she's not gettin' any younger. One day you're 9, the next day you're 87, am I right??

This is the key to the list. Her mama's girl...

What you may not know about #5 is that Ava's had opportunity to go on roller coasters, she's just chosen not to. So that one is about overcoming a fear. And apparently #6 is the priority for this summer. 

#2 makes me laugh. She knows that KEEPING the pet is the hard part around here...

Sarah is Ava's best friend who lives up the street. 

No idea what the "egg tree" is. 

Since catching Bigfoot is this summer's priority, Ava made a plan. I'm guessing Bigfoot likes peanut butter? Or maybe that's for the girls to eat while they lie in wait...

And she knows that in this day and age, nothing really happens unless you have photographic evidence.

So I Like Baths, Big Whoop...

Ava and Zach were having dinner together the other night. Ava got herself a glass of water out of the refrigerator dispenser and Zach got the jug of milk out to pour himself a glass. The following exchange occurred:

Ava: Do you know what I like about water? You don't have to put it back after it's poured, like you do when you have milk. You can just sit down and drink.

Zach: Do you know what I like about water? My mother's always in it.

....Wow.

Art Therapy

Every night I walk into Ava's room every night to tuck her in and see this picture Eric drew for her taped over her bed, and it's hard to remember why I'm ever irritated at him.

My Thumb Hurts Now

Ava borrowed Cole's guitar the other day and started rocking out in her room. Taio Cruz's Dynamite was the song of the day, and she tore it up.

Two Kings

The Awana closing program was this past week. Cole and Ava were in a skit, they each played a king. In a brilliant typecasting move, Ava was King Kindness and Cole was King Meanness. Ava's the king in the first half, Colson the king in the second half. Cole had everyone laughing with his dramatic mean king....

 

Watch Eric's Head Explode

Ava made a Welcome Home From Work sign on the driveway for Eric the other day, in chalk. Apparently Eric is amazing, powerful and fresh looking. I'm not quite sure what to say about that. 

Ava's Recipe

Ava wrote a recipe today. I'm excited to try it. The texture and flavor profile seems exciting.

Express Yourself

Art day yesterday; each child's favorite project:

 Colson's african mask

 Ava's sculpture of a person holding things

 Zach's portrait of Ava sitting in a chair

A Very Long Story (by Ava)

For you newbies, my 9 year old daughter Ava has an amazing gift for illustration. She can tell a whole story by drawing one face. I found this stack of paper yesterday, which ended up being her longest story ever written. Enjoy, there are some hysterical moments.

(My personal favorite moments are, of course, the gross fat lady in the hole and the little girl's expressions of disgust at her awful habits. The fairy grandmother being chased by the pumpkin and yelling "I cannot run in high heels". I love the little girl's hair in her face as she falls down the hole. I love the people bowing to the Queen at the end, being glad that at least this queen is skinny. The little girl falling into the dead pumpkin and saying "I seem to have landed in the pumpkin"...so many gems in this story.)