"The Ballet of The Faun" You've got to see this! :P

Question: What do Rachel and Sarah do with a broken pinata, and a camera?
Answer: Well, you will soon see.
Now I have two disclaimers:
1. Daniel needs to come home. Our humor is becoming cheaper than ever. Not so witty. More....like this video! ;) I'm teasing- we are having good times, and we all thought this was pretty funny! :)
2. The singing- I, Rachel, am the star of this film. I did the dancing, and the singing too. You must understand that I was half-choking with laughter and I forgot the tune to some of the last song, so it sounds naturally...funny! So don't take this as a sample of my singing voice PLEASE! :D Sarah did the filming, so she has all the credit for the second half of the title. The stage, by-the-by,was Daisy's milking stand. The lovely green curtain was my blouse. :)

Now sit back, and enjoy this video entitled: "The Ballet of The Faun: Viewed from eye-level with the stage" ;)

Well, there you have our brief masterpiece. Pretty entertaining for a spur-of-the-moment show, don't you agree? :) -Rachel

Bits and Pieces

Have you ever felt that your life is so full of wonderful things that you can't decide which to do first?!?!?! I am feeling that way right now!
I wanted to do a blog post to give ya'll an update
I want to start "The Maiden's Bequest" by George McDonald (courtesy of Marybelle)
I want to watch episode two of "North and South" (Gaskell, not Civil War)
I want to watch episode two of "Cranford"
I want to put away the remainder of my presents from all my very generous friends
I want to write a letter
I need to put my room back in order
So what first? Well, obviously the blog post! :P

Sarah and I had a GREAT time at our combined birthday party!!! (Sarah's b-day is Aug. 6) Thanks to all you people that came, including Abigail, Morgan, Katie, Maddie, Oliver, Elliott, Shi of Narnia, Always Narnian, King's Daughter and sisters, Alaina, and all the others! :) It was great fun! Thanks for putting up with intense reels and Harpers' Ferry in 105 degree weather! (I actually got kinda faint and had to sit out a dance :/ ) And I apologize for all those hard Pictionary clues I made up! :P
(Is "man in a kilt" that hard to guess? ;) It was really fun! :) In case ya'll are wondering why our blog has been kind of slow, it is because we are cutting back to 20 minutes of computer time a day (each) and so it's usually email or blogs, but it is actually nice to have a true limit! :) Nothing like structure! :) Talk to you guys later! I'm off to start my new book! (A Scottish novel with an intriguing title! Bliss! :) -Rachel

6-word descriptions, valentines, and various musings of Rachel (which should be enough for most of ya'll to come see what I've come up with!)

Hey guys! Okay! I will post the 6-word descriptions of two people, and later, when she's around, Sarah will do the other two. Right-O!

Abigail: spunky, dancing, dramatic, giggles, considerate, enouraging

Joanna: my-girl, stylish, SINGING!!!, hugs, smiles, homemaker

There seems to have been a fifth person, but he already described himself. It is none of our business to refute one's own opinion of oneself, but I shall only say, all six things were redundant, and so did not fit the quota of 6 words describing the person.

Okay! So today we got just enough snow to make it nice and silvery-filigree on the trees! I wrote a poem about it, but I'm not sure if anyone cares to read my poems on here. If you do, leave a comment, and I'll tell you about it. Let's see.....

We were supposed to go to an ice-skating party, but bad weather cancelled it. (Boo-hoo-sob-sob. I've never been ice-skating before!!!) But that is alright, because at least we didn't have to be the ones cancelling it. The hostess did herself! I made three valentines today. I can't show pictures of them here, because they are for some of the gals that read this blog and so that....would be no fun at all! :) I will only say that I watercolored them and used hand-crocheted lace I had never found out what to do with after I made it, and had a load of fun! At the top, in case you were wondering, is the picture I watercolored for Alaina's 18th birthday. (The hostess of the aforementioned ice-skating party.) I am in love with the 1800's fashions and life, only I wish that there wasn't the whole industrial-revolution, feminist movement thing! Tell me how you like it! I can see several flaws in the painting, but over all, I think it turned out nicely. We leave for NY on Friday! Yay! The Laundry-fairy has paid for Sarah, Daniel, Matthew and myself to fly up their for 8 days! It is now a yearly tradition. This'll be my 3 time. We feel so rich going through the airports.... ahhhhhhhhhh......*sighs happily*. The first time I was the teensiest bit scared, mostly that I'd be sick. But then when we got to the lay-over in Baltimore, I was wanting to go walk around the airport. They have the best Mexican resteraunt there! Has anyone ever noticed that airport food is pricey? 3 of us shared a latte or something from Starbucks, and it was like 9 dollars!!! Oh! Mama had a brilliant idea the other day! If we start saving our money now, then when Sarah turns 18 (2 and a bit years) then she'll take us two to Prince Edward Island in Canada! I am wild with delight! I know I must get there someday, somehow. If not then, perhaps on my honeymoon? Or if not then maybe for my 50th wedding anniversery? And if not then..... this sounds like that segment on UP when they keep breaking that money jar doesn't it? And I'm sure it's really boring to read!

Oh! At Matthew's surprise party last night we did skits, and I played a part I'll never live down.

WAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!!!

Okay! Talk to you all later! -Rachel

p.s. Matthew may post videos of it so stay tuned!

Later:

Alright! This is Sarah and I'm doing Kelsey and Matthew's 6 words thingy.

Matthew: good-friend, athletic, fun, sincere, responsible, my-cousin :)

Kelsey: friendly, funny, giggles, creative, tall, energetic

Okay, there you go! I hope I did them well. I don't know Kelsey very well but I did my best!:)

-Sarah