Ellie and Her Audience

Tomorrow evening I am taking Ellie to audition for a child's production of Peter Pan.  I have a friend, Jennifer, whose daughter has been a part of several productions through this company and loves it and speaks very highly of it.  That is how we knew about it and it seems like it might be right up Ellie's alley.  I don't know for sure and I am very intimidated to say the least. Also, the whole "stage mom" thing freaks me out and I can see us getting there and her not wanting to do it at all and then it looks like I am one of those moms who is pushing her child to do something she doesn't want to do.  Anyway, we are going to give it a shot.

Here is Ellie this morning, performing for us with the remote in one hand and the music blaring in the background.  The pictures are blurry, but I had a hard time getting her to be still so I could take a few pictures.  She does this on a very regular basis.

Later, after she has added a headband to the getup.  With breakfast in one hand, she begins to pose calling these "action shots."

 "You can put these on the computer if you want,"  she said. 

 Before the performance started, she was attempting to make a shirt to wear out of scraps of fabric and scotch tape.  Needless to say, it wasn't working out so well.  So she settled for some sort of undershirt/bra, I guess?  It was the only thing that would stay taped on.  I did not ask her to show me that, by the way.  We really do promote modesty here at our house.  

 

 And here is her audience.  Less than amused.  Well, Luke seems a little amused.  Andrew has an ear infection.  So he doesn't have as much to offer.  Can you believe out of three children and five years this is the first ear infection we've had? 

 

Andrew got distracted by a fly, I think.  That doesn't say too much for Ellie's performance.

 

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!