Paige and I had the opportunity to be a part of our stake's roadshow. Each ward had to put on on a roadshow that was 12-15 minutes long by finishing the phrase "On the way to.". Other wards did on the way to Grandma's house, church, school, etc. and we did on the way to Mother's Goose Land. It turned out so cute and Anna was asked to me in charge and her idea for the script turned out so amazing. The lines were in rhyme and it played off Mother Goose nursery rhymes. The idea was the Mother Goose lost her golden egg and our main character found the egg and it is her journey getting it back to her. First she encounters Little Miss Muffet which gets scared by the spider who runs into Humpty Dumpty which knocks him off his wall. The main character has interactions with each and then is directed to go to the Old Woman with the Shoe (I was the old woman and Paige was one of my naughty children). Then the main character encounters Jack and Jill and then finds Mother Goose at the end. We had to have music and a song so we did this at the end. I really enjoyed the whole process. There were weeks where I felt I had everything each evening with the roadshow and my calling in young women's but it was only short term and the best thing of it all was watching Paige enjoy being on stage. I wasn't sure if she would want a line or be a part of it but she had her line and she loved being on stage and really enjoyed the whole experience.
My mom was able to get a plane ticket to be part of Baylor's birthday party and then stayed for the weekend to watch our two performances. It was fun to have her here and it allowed Nate to get some video and these great pictures of our show.
The Old Women and all her children- it was fun being on stage since I haven't done anything like this since high school. I loved using the cane and getting into character and it was fun to work with the kids even though it could get chaotic at times. I loved doing this with Paige and seeing her shine and enjoy the process!
The whole cast
There was a lot of down time and Baylor got lots of extra time with Grandma to herself since Paige had school. The first day everyone was tired and Grandma, Baylor, and McCall all happened to take a nap at the same time. Grandma stayed with the two girls when I would go get Paige. There was lots of games and playing with Baylor and lots of cuddles for McCall from my mom. We were busy each evening with the party and roadshow. We didn't do much since it was cold outside but it was nice to visit and just have her around.
Saturday we didn't have anything going on in the day so in the morning we all painted some Fall/Thanksgiving rocks.
Our finished masterpieces
Then we went to Covington Community Park and went on a quick walk through the trails to hide the rocks.
We then stopped at Crumbl Cookie since Paige and Baylor had a free coupon from the summer city program.
Then some leaf jumping in the pile of leaves Nate made before going to the roadshow.
Sunday we had church in the morning and then in the afternoon we were at Dale and Margaret's house watching the Seahawks game. Monday while Paige was at school we went grocery shopping and Mom bought our groceries for the week (Thanks Mom!) and then we picked up Paige from school a little early so that we could all go to the airport together. It was a quick trip for her but it was so nice to have her here in person to be a part of some of these fun events in our life and we always love to have her here.
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