A few months ago I had a feeling that it would be a really good thing to let Alexis try out for the play A Christmas Carol. When she was trying out Eli decided he would like to try out to and then the director said they could use more women in the play. So I ended up trying out to and we all landed rolls. I ended up with Mrs Cratchit, Eli got Tiny Tim, and Lex got Cratchit child number 4. It's been a long chaotic process but fun for them also. We are now in the performance mode, which is always more fun.
We have a really big cast. Our director, Ronnie Jaynes, double casted all the children, which has been hard because all the kids and all their personalities make the dynamics of acting and blocking and getting the scenes down, really really hard! I have the most kids in my scenes and so I have to be on my A game in case a line is dropped. On the other hand, we have backups every night in case someone gets sick, which happens a lot during this season! It's been good and bad, but mainly good!
Here is a whole cast picture, one of us in our costumes, and a few of Eli and I back stage waiting to go on. And one with my friend leah picanco as a missionary with me just before the show started, and one of lexie getting chummy with the ghost of christmas future.
We also have a few pictures of us Cratchits setting the table for our
Christmas dinner. And a few years later poor
Tiny Tim has died and we are mourning his loss.
I sing a lulabye for my children, What child is this, which was so scary to do but i conquered my fear and was able to do it.
And finally,
(eli
)Tiny tim lives after all.
Scrooge repented of his selfish ways and became like a second father!
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