way to go n-o-a-h

so proud of noah for tracing and even writing his name!  way to go noah!

love, laurie

a tribute to van morrison

well, i didn't think i knew any van morrison songs until we did a van morrison tribute this weekend and i realized that i did in fact recognize a few!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent preschool photos of mr. noah during read across america week.

love, laurie

back at it!

it has been over two months since we've had a tribute band at the theatre (and thank goodness for that because we were so busy with cabaret).  we had three shows this weekend and luckily they all went well.  now we're back into tribute band season before dance recital season comes back soon.

love, laurie

bring your mama to school

this past week was read across america week and i was happy to be able to be one of the parents who visited noah's classroom to read a book to the students.  i let noah pick which book he wanted me to read to the class and he chose "dandelon magic" and it was the perfect choice because it is interactive and it was a new one for his teachers and classmates.  i'm so glad his teacher snapped a photo.

love, laurie

finally outside playtime!

noah's class finally got to go outside on a nice day last week to soak up the sunshine!  he was in his glory after being cooped up inside so long.

love, laurie

we have really weird jobs

after putting it off for far too long we finally felt it was time to suit up and take down the world's messiest fake snow-covered tree in the theatre lobby.  god, we really hate this dumb thing.  

love, laurie

baby goats!

noah and his classmates got a fun surprise last week when their teachers brought in two 6-week old baby goats to visit.  they all had a great time watching the goats play, petting them, and feeding them!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

some recent preschool snapshots of playing at the sand table, a little science experiment, art work, magna tiles, truck tire tracks on stampers, and play time.

love, laurie

"cabaret"

the spring main-stage musical at the university where ryan and i work was "cabaret" this year!  

as usual, ryan wore many hats: production manager, technical director, lighting designer, and set builder.  i designed the costumes and overall held everything together, while noah supervised it all.

above are some photos from the show taken by the university students for the school newspaper.

for my own sake, at the end of costuming designing every show i like to take a total count of all of the costumes in the production.  here's my tally for this production . . .

"cabaret" by the numbers:

93 full outfits

individual pieces of clothing including:

4 lace bras

8 pairs of costume underwear

1 bedazzled unitard

3 bedazzled leotards

3 solid leotards

3 corsets

3 slips

17 dresses

9 skirts

7 shorts

25 shirts

14 vests 

1 cape 

7 sweaters

11 robes

21 jackets

19 coats

29 pants

10 belts

 5 suspenders

1 cummerbund

19 ties 

5 aprons

11 pairs of socks

16 stockings

32 pairs of shoes

3 feather boas 

2 shawls 

2 arm bands

16 hats

1 scarf

1 pair of glasses

1 wig 

countless hair ties and bobby pins

bringing the grand tally of things in the show to 309 things that i have to track!

i decided to make the lobby an immersive experience so audience felt like they were walking into the kit kat club.  so, i costumed the ushers and even gave ryan an little pizazz! 

love, laurie