Androcles and The Lion

Well, an exciting month of December... and can you believe I forgot to post some of the excitement (much to the dismay of Gabi), so I'm going to play catch up again for a little while. And then, since it seems that we're past the year end craze, we'll see if maybe we can keep up with things once again! :)

So... the much missed.... Gabi was able to participate in the school play this winter. It was "Androcles and the Lion" - another wonderful experience brought to the school by the Children's Stage Adventures. They study for one week - some parts only get a couple of days of rehearsal in. And then they put on a wonderful little show complete with songs, routines, and (of course) memorized lines. Many of Gabi's friends had larger speaking parts, and she said a few lines herself... as one of the little mice. She was, of course, very cute!

Normally the group works with the kids for one week, ended with a dress rehearsal/performance in the afternoon and a full performance in the evening. This year, however, school had been canceled, so the play was pushed from Friday to Saturday with only the noon performance. Though Gabi was disappointed to not be able to do both, she was overjoyed to see Daddy in the audience (which would not have been able to happen if the play had been on Friday).