Keira Art

 

Kassidy Art

Here are some recent drawings from Kassidy.

 

I like the swirly trees.

 

 

Lap Cat

A few shots of Sophie as she followed my lap around the house tonight.

Frousin Fun

It is another Martel weekend.

The kids spent most of Saturday together and will be sleeping over tonight.

I expect the fun times to continue..

Performance Awards 2020

The annual Performance Awards show was today, and it was great to see Keira return and Kassidy perform in it for the first time.

Katharine no longer dances in these shows, but we remember her performing the same routines when she was younger.

The Doescher Gazette (1st edition)

Keira wrote and printed out the first Doescher Gazette today.

She is also trying to build a printing press that uses block letters. She printed a "K" this week, after a little trial and error.

Great start!

 

...and more Broadway Cafe 2020

These are in no particular order:

 Lennon, Lukas in Hello Dolly

Lukas' 8th grade class getting ready to  serve the guests.

 The Juniors with the choreographer Tiffany Arnold, pianist im Wilson and co youth choir diectors Joe and Jill Nidever

The 7th graders with choreographer, pianist and co choir directors.

All boys performing "Put on your Sunday Clothes" form Hello Dolly

More Broadway Cafe Photos

Here are a few more photos form Broadway Cafe 2020. Three succesful shows are behind us. We will do it again same time next year. 

 Lukas had a little feature in the Middle School song. He has got moves, but don't tell him that! 

 Erik thought it was funy to see Lennon NOT in soccer uniform. He looks quite handsome in a button down shirt and dress pants.

 Not just did Katharine have threee choir performances this weekend, she  also had two shows with the Texas Ballet theater School Dallas Ensemble. the picture above was taken Saturday night, after she ahd already had the two dances shows behind her, and she managed to sing beautifully with a microphone that was not turned on. No clue how she does it all! 

Katharine with her duet partner Samantha. The have known each other since they were 2 years old. They sang "My Own Best Friend" from CHICAGO.

I will probably make another  post filled with group pictures of the different grade levels. Oh yes, I was in charge of table decor this year.

This is it, the Night of Nights..

It was opening night for Broadway Cafe this evening. 

Iria and the older kids have been working really hard on it all week, and it was great to see everybody be able to have a lot of fun and enjoy themselves.

Kassidy's Library Haul

It has been about two years since we have been to the local library.

Here is what Kassidy picked up today:

Happy Birthday, Katharine!

Happy Birthday, Katharine! 

She performs way beyond her 17 years in everything she does, but we are quite happy to keep calling her our little girl for another year.

Fav color - blue
Fav food - cheese pizza
Fav fast food - Starbucks
Fav junk food - Fanta and sour cream and onion chips
Least fav food - squash
Fav artists - Kim Jung Gi, Glen Keane, Norman Rockwell, Max Ginsberg, Dan Cooper, Claire Keane
Fav games - Overwatch and Minecraft
Fav vacation - Germany
Fav book - The Great Gatsby
Fav animated film from last year - Klaus
Fav tv show - His Dark Materials and The Office and Game of Thrones
Looking froward to in 2020 (tv and film) - Netflix animated movies, Onward
Goal for this year - Get into college
Friends - McKenna, Samantha, Barbara, Lauren, Hayden
Fav performer / singer / band - Billie Eilish
Fav memory from the last year - California trip
Fav animal - Cat
Future career - Animation
Future place to live - California
Birthday presents - art books and classic books and Totoro t-shirt (Mom and Dad), Vera Bradley blanket (Grandma and Grandpa), Calendar girl refill (Uncle Peter), gift card (Uncle Craig)
Cat or dog - both
Time travel - The 80's
Fav school Subject - World History
Fav Kassidy toy - shredded lovie
Least fav school subject - Math
Fav thing to do with Mom - talk
Fav thing to do with Dad - talk
Fav thing to do with Keira - dance
Fav thing to do with Lukas - play video games and talk with him
Fav thing to do with Lennon - play video games and talk with him
Fav thing to do with Kassidy - play with cat
Favorite video game character - Tracer
Fav season - Winter
If the house were burning, what 3 (non-living) things would you save - sketchbook, phone, ipad
What scares you - not being successful

Favorite show from last year -Cats

So we got ourselves a new cat..

I don't even know her name yet, but she's cute!