And now she is 18, and I can't handle it

We have a teenager! ( another one)

Matilda! The Musical

Our girls got a second go at Matilda!  They were very pleased because this time around they got the parts they always wanted.  Miley is Miss Honey and Jovey is Lavender.  Miley's mic was not working properly for this show, but she did great at projecting anyway.

Our girl is too close to grown up

Meesical the Musical

Miley and her casemates wrote and performed this play in honor of their principal that is retiring this year. His last name is Mees, therefore it is a Meesical. 

 Miley wrote the first song herself and killed it on stage.  We are very proud of her.  Watch for Miley in her MANY parts.  She is her theater teacher in the last song.

We have a 12 year old... pray for us

Love our Jovey girl!

And she's a sweet 16

Jovey was once 10

Happy 11th Birthday!!!

Jungle Book Kids!

Jovey plays Shere Kahn, the fierce tiger king of the jungle.  

She's a 15 year old and I still don't believe it

This video is version 2.  Had to switch out a song for this to post to youtube.  Stupid Beatles.  Why don't they like people to hear their music?  Oh well, added some sunshine to it anyway. . . Happy Birthday to our teenager!

Shrek Jr.

Miley is a storyteller.  You'll see her in a long blue dress narrating the show.  Jovey is first, a little dragon, and then a tap dancing rat, and finally one of the 3 blind mice.  Both girls were on stage crew and loved feeling the responsibility for the sets, even though the sets on this show were pretty simple compared to their last stage crew experience.

Matilda! Jr.

Jovey really wanted to get the part of Lavender, but she was so much taller than her friend who was cast as Matilda that she had to be cast as an older kid instead.  They asked me to make her hair smaller so she wouldn't look even taller than she already is.  Crazy.  She had fun as an older kid though and loved all the dances.  She especially loved her really comfy costume for this show.  She wasn't too hot or itchy and she felt super cute.

Miley also had  aspirations to be Miss Honey, but that didn't work out and she got the role of parent/teacher.  She amazes me with her good attitude.  She got a bad deal in choreography and there were some real issues with the leadership on this show, but she made the best of it and worked so hard.  She did stage crew and had fun despite it all.  She didn't want me to mama bear fix it, or at least make some heads roll, and it killed me not to.  But if she's treated poorly again, I will.  She shines on stage, so this experience won't dim her light.

It's a fun show and the girls loved being a part of it!

 

Happy 10th Birthday to Jovey!

Little Mermaid Jr.

Miley is Alana, Ariel's sister, and a princess.  Jovey is Flotsam, Ursula's eel.

She's still a teenager. . .

But now she's 14. . .

101 Dalmations (kids)

Starring Jovey as Cruella Deville, and co-directed by Miley. . .

 

Lion King Jr.

Jovey is 9!

TEENAGER!

Jojo the birthday girl