The kids were great on the drive down, to my slight surprise. Three boxes of crayons, three sets of paper to color on, one Cinderella movie, three magic wands (crafts to make), one McDonalds stop, naps, one more video, and we were there.
Rehearsal day (the 27th) was long, as usual. Yesterday was setup and sound check, with a little more rehearsing. It’s been great to see our good friends Andy McKay, Michael Lloyd and Derek Hrabovsky again after well over a year. The kids have made it pretty impossible for me to rehearse, but I was able to sing with the band for the opening session last night anyway. Ellie has decided that she’s scared of the music, of which she informs us repeatedly (she’s saying it again right now, in fact). So when I tried to let the kids play in the conference room during warm up, she went hysterical. I had to remove all three kids, and myself. But the session went well, and I enjoyed the speaker. It’s nice this year to actually be able to sit in on some sessions, something I’ve never been able to do before.
We’ve gotten bedtimes and naptimes pretty well sorted out now, and the kids are actually sleeping when they’re supposed to, more or less. Mostly less, but at least they are sleeping. Ellie just woke up Micah, so this little break is over.
We’ll try to post some pictures a little later. We’ve paid for 24 hours of internet access, so hopefully we’ll get to that later tonight or early tomorrow.
