BRAVO!

Eloise and her school's newly formed Drama Club put on their first performance.

"Mighty Minds"is a mini-musical about the stress of standardized testing.

The students panic.

The teacher has to call in some super hero friends of hers to convince the students that they will do well on the tests because they are intelligent, curious, & have Mighty Minds.

All of the kids worked so hard to pull this together.

They did a fabulous job

JUST LOOK AT THE EXPRESSIONS(ABOVE)

This is a pic of Eloise and her Drama Coach Ms. C, whom she adores.

To the entire Drama Team I say

BRAVO!

A Call to Action....

There are three projects that I feel very strongly about. The first isn't a "project" it is a necessity. PRAYER is the most important tool one can use in any battle. The other two are simple ways we can make our voice heard.

It seems that our president isn't satisfied with giving women the choice to kill innocent babies. He now wants to FORCE DOCTORS AND NURSES TO PERFORM SUCH PROCEDURES EVEN IF IT GOES AGAINST THEIR BELIEFS. You can sign an online petition at http://www.beheard.com/

The third thing I would like for you to consider is Red Envelope Day. The concept is simple:bombard the nations postal services and the President with millions of red envelopes on MARCH 31ST. The point is to send a message that there are still millions of people who believe that the blood(reason for red) of innocent babies is crying out to the Lord. If you would like to participate this is what you do:

Use a standard sized red envelope.

Seal it.

Place the proper postage on it.

Address it to:

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Washington, D.C. 205000

On the back write:

This envelope represents one child who died because of an abortion.

It is empty, because the life that was taken also is.

There are a lot of rumors going around that the post office isn't going to send them because they are empty. If the proper postage is on them and they are sealed, then they have to send them by law. The website also recommends printing the mailing info on white labels so that they are easier for the machines at the post office to scan. Otherwise the postal workers may have to enter them all by hand if the addresses aren't clear or legible. The point is not to irritate postal workers who have a job to do.

Well I gotta go now, I have an important school assignment that must be attended to.

LOVE & PRAYERS,

ME

HOMEWORK BREAK !

It is almost 1:00 am and I had to take a mental break for just a minute. I have been swimming in technical jargon for the past few days. Schemata and graphophonemic cues will have to step aside and make way for important texts like LOL and TTFN! The picture above is of a quilt square my husband and I made for my Children's Literature class. The woman depicted in the top left was the children's lit teacher at the University of New Orleans for many years. She was also a children's book author. Since she has passed the current teacher thought it would be nice to make a quilt in her honor to be displayed at another college that the late Ms. Salley was active in supporting.

*This is the only assignment that I have enjoyed doing this semester.*

Well I guess I have dallied long enough...back to my essay.

TTFN!

;-)

How We Celebrated Mardi Gras.....

We made a Mock King Cake.

The base is three cans refrigerated cinnamon roll dough arranged in a ring and slightly flattened.

After baking, I drizzled the icing from the can all over the top.

Carmacita decorated it with colored sugar.

*It has more of a king cake texture if you let it cool, cover it, and let it sit over night.*

This whole week Eloise has been having a blast.

She has been roller blading, bike riding, learning to play baseball, and working on some projects for the upcoming community art show (where our church's choir and brass band will be performing.)

Mardi Gras Day we decided to head out of town to avoid all of the parade junk.

We met with a few friends (family really), barbecued, relaxed, and played some too.

More friends (family).

Here is Kristi and Ses headed to the lake for some fishin.

Fishing Sisters.

Eloise & Hubby.

They had a great time catching some rays...

.... and sticks. No fish this time, but at least they had fun!

*Posting will be off & on due to upcoming Mid Terms, but I still view your blogs regularly.

Make Way For Fancy Nancy

Last week was Celebrate Literacy Week.

Friday was "Be Your Favorite Book Character Day."

My little darling is a voracious reader so its hard to pick a favorite.

The true determining factor was the fact that it was Thursday evening, I was working on an assignment for my school, and I still hadn't made it to the store for costume stuff.

We dove into the toy box and dug out some old favorites.

My husband was such a blessing.

He sewed all of the embellishments on to the dress while I typed my paper feverishly.
He even sewed some beads to the sides of her glasses.

I Love That Guy.

On Friday morning I rolled, teased, and piled her hair high in proper Nancy fashion.

Off she went with her ruffled socks, gloves, and tiara.

Food, Friends, & Fun.....

Here are some pics of our church's ladies Valentine Craft/pizza/fellowship Party.

Each lady received a goody box that also contained the name of a sister for which she will pray every day until the next ladies gathering.

Some of the supplies for making Valentines......

Below the Birthday Girl sneaks a piece of pizza.

Ladies....ladies....there are enough supplies to go around! There is no need to arm wrestle.

Here our unofficial ladies secretary gets some business out of the way.

Above: some of our new friends make themselves at home....



....old friends do the same.

Since this gathering wasn't during school some of our young ladies were able to attend.

Some of the ladies show off their finished Valentines.

Sisters B.B. & T.B. proudly display their artwork.

Some of the younger ladies worked diligently until the end.



Here is one such youth with her valentine that she made for her father.

(love the chicken Terra.)




All things considered I think the ladies had a great time of food, fun, and fellowship.

Thanks to all the dear hubbies who babysat!

Home Where I Belong!