Musical Theatre

So I lucked out a bit this past week with Lanz Family Summer Camp because Addy went to Carol Nursery School's summer camp.  Big fun for her - first time she's packing a lunch and going four days (9am-1pm) a week.  She's very, very excited.  This week's theme is Musical Theatre and the grand finale was their performance of "Are You Ready to Play Outside" by Mo Willems.

Our little rain cloud.

Here's a link to a video that Uncle Chad put together (little did he know when he showed up at our house for a surprise visit that he'd be going to a theatrical production!)

http://youtu.be/e6vBbmZLx7U

We didn't do many other projects at home for the week because summer camp was a very busy day.  But one afternoon, talking about how everyone was going to be a star in the preschool show, we may some stars for our favorite characters from musical theatre (which I described to Addy as people who use music to tell us a story).  So, her list included: Alex, Leah & Rachel from Signing Time, The Muppets, Mrs. Price & Dr. Brown from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, the Doodlebops, and the Greg Duncan Band.  Who's the Greg Duncan Band you may ask???  I had to ask.  Well, back in Farm Week, we got an old Reading Rainbow episode out from the library that was called Barn Dance.  Greg Duncan was the musician talking about various bluegrass instruments and had his own band that played the music for the cloggers who were barn dancing.  That's Addy - never missing a detail.

It was also Marine Week here in Cleveland and the girls and I went down to public square, taking the rapid to get there, with our neighbor to see the Quantico Marine Corps Band put on a concert.

Couldn't pass up the opportunity to see some helicopters up close and personal.