Step in Time

This morning the kids and I were out the door at 8:05 to head to church. The kids' choir sang "Jesus Loves Me" in both services. They sang two verses in English while doing it in sign language and then sang the same two verses in Spanish. Our church has a worship service in Spanish every Sunday and also provides an interpreter for the deaf for one service. I wasn't at a good angle to see Ian for the video in the 9:00 service. Paul and his parents came to the second service, and Paul thought he was recording a video (at a much better angle to see Ian), but he forgot to hit the record button. Ian has come a LONG way over the past year. A woman I saw after the first service came up and told me what a good job Ian did. Yay, Ian!

Paul's parents graciously offered to take us out to lunch as a birthday treat, but I had tickets to take Nadia and Ian to see Mary Poppins at 2:00. I had made spaghetti and meatballs before leaving for church this morning so they came to our home to eat that instead. We loved the musical. The special effects really impressed Nadia and Ian. My favorite part was the "Step in Time" song and choreography. It was interesting to see what parts of the musical were the same as the book and what parts were the same as the Disney movie. The show lasted three hours including the intermission, but Oliver napped for three hours so Paul was able to work while we were gone as Oliver had just woken up a few minutes before we arrived back at home. Since the kids won't be able to sing in the musical the kids' choir is putting on at church next month, I didn't take them to the rehearsal this evening and don't plan to take them back until September. Nadia had her audition for the Annie musical on Friday afternoon. I can't wait to find out what speaking part she'll have or what solo she might get to sing! She memorized Annie's lines for the scene with the officer and the stray dog (Sandy) and also sang the solo "Tomorrow" for the audition.