Kitten Hunting-- WV

Back in WV! Yesterday, I helped Rebecca accomplish one of the things on her summer bucket list: kitten hunting.

 

Blackjack and Dale, who were born in early spring.

When I say kitten hunting, I don't mean with guns-- I mean we're searching around Rebecca's friend's house for hidden litters of kittens. This is the second time I've gone with them, and it was so much fun! We waded through boxes and old junk in the garage to find them.

There were four litters this year. Three of the litters are already too old to be held (they're wild barn cats who hiss and spit and bite). This is the youngest bunch, who just opened their eyes yesterday morning:

Sugar and Spice, Rusty and Sunny

Rusty

Sunny and Spice

"What should we name them?" Asked Rebecca.

"Rusty, for one of the orange ones."

"Yeah, and Sunshine for the other one.

"How about Sunny?"

"OK. What about the white ones?"

"Sugar! But the other white one..." They were quiet for a moment. Then,

"Spice!" they said together, then burst into giggles.



The creatures have accepted me as one of their own.

I will be posting again soon-- Rebecca is going to the beach and then straight to Youth Camp, and I'm going with her to both! I am excited.

June 9th -- Rio Rancho, NM

Well...the play is over. Time for me to travel back to WV again. But before I go, I'll send you off with one last cry:

                                                                  FOR NARNIA!!!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair Trailer 2

I thought that all you readers (Hi Rebecca!) might like to see Trailer #2 for TSC!!!

April 30, 2014 -- Rio Rancho

Here is another picture from a rehearsal. This scene is in Underland, with Jill and the Queen of Underland. (The Queen is in partial costume)

Thanks to the stage manager for taking this picture!

April 21, 2014 -- Rio Rancho

So sorry it's been such a long while since my last post! What with Seriah and Rebecca being so busy and dragging me around with them, it's hard to find time to write! I am now back in the very windy state of NM with Seriah. She is being super annoying to me (and all her family) by randomly jumping up and down and singing out: "I can't believe the Regency Ball is this Saturday!!!" Can you tell she's pretty excited about it? Her Grandmother just finished her dress, and, as previously mentioned, the ball is this Saturday. I will try to put up some good pictures of the ball and the girls in all their finery for you to enjoy:)
   She has also been super busy what with rehearsing for the play that she's in: The Silver Chair. Here is a picture that her friend Savannah took for me at one of the rehearsals (it IS sort of hard to use a camera with paws...). Seriah is in full costume; Aslan is not. (However, Aslan has all his makeup on, that is why his face looks a little odd)

That was the first full-dress rehearsal. There was lots of running around, assisting with stubborn zippers and lace-up dresses, helping little owls get into their costumes, and boys running around yelling, "Hey! Has anybody seen my belt? Mullugutherum--I need my belt back!" There a lot of little girls who play owls, and since their wings cover their hands, they couldn't get the door open to get out of the dressing room! Emma, Seriah's friend, also an owl, couldn't use the water fountain, either. All the owls have hoods with a felt beak that comes down over their forehead. Well, naturally, all the boys thought it was fun to grab and yank down on the beak, bringing the hood down over the poor owl's face:) I'll be sure to post a lot of pictures of the actual production, as well as all the comical rehearsals.

Sometime in February-- WV

Rebecca's little sister, Hannah, had a Valentine's Day party a few days ago.

Hannah was bragging about how she loves vegetables as  much as candy. Rebecca, being the wonderful loving sister that she is, dared Hannah to eat broccoli dipped in chocolate.

Well, she did it.











Not bad. Not bad at all.

 

 

Not quite the result Rebecca was looking for, but oh well.





Sometime in January--Rio Rancho, NM

Well, Seriah has about had it up to here with Math. She was so upset today about it, that instead of working on her problems, she wrote a poem about it:

 

The Horrible Thing That is Math

A Poem By Seriah R. Getty

How do I dislike Thee? Let me count the ways:

You give me all your problems—every single day.

You give me useless info that I'll never, ever use,

And do I have a choice? No, I never got to choose.

Your problems are outrageous! Full of silly, stupid stuff,

Like how many stores carry how many pairs of mittens and lady's muffs.

How many apples does Sally have after she gives them away?

At what time will these two trains run into each other today?

I think I will smash my head on the wall—

How much pizza is left? I can't do it all!

I don't know what your X is—I couldn't care less!

Fractions and Comparing—my notebook is a mess!

GCFs, LCMs, bytes and bits and pieces,

Oh why, oh why, oh why do you have 86 peaches?

Ratios, Division, Subtraction and Addition

I'm pretty sure that ruining my life is your goal and mission.

Why do you need me to find your LCD?

I'd rather be curled up with a book and a nice hot cup of tea.

So what if there's 80 restaurants?

What on earth has that to do with 11 monkey astronauts?

Two whole lessons of math a day? No, I really can't!

The circumference of a reindeer isn't really that important.

And if you ask me one more time something else to multiply—

I think I'll just lay down on the floor, curl up in a ball, and die.

Oops--here she comes! I didn't exactly get her permission to post this, so I'd better beat it!