A Midsummer Night's Dream Girl

Shortly after Margaret was auditioning for the company, Caroline was auditioning for her part in the 5th grade Shakespeare play at school.  They're doing A Midsummer Night's Dream this year.  Caroline was cast as Titania, the fairy queen, which will be a fun and challenging role with lots of lines and responsibility.  We'll be sure to let you know when opening night comes in May.

Caroline's most recent role was as the fisherman's wife in "Under the Big Top" at Olympia Family Theater last spring.

Halloween fever

The girls made these cakes a couple of weeks ago, inspired by the ideas in their American Girl magazine Halloween edition.  Margaret's is the one-eyed purple dude, and Caroline's is the three-eyed green thing.

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Of course I can't hope to match the fabulous photos Jennie and Brian took of Jameson & Logan's trip to the pumpkin patch last weekend.  Adorable little guys on a gorgeous, sunny fall day, with a professional photographer are hard to beat (not that it's a competition or anything...).  But we had fun today in our grungy jeans & sweatshirts, and managed to get our pumpkins before the rain started!

Margaret was the first to find her pumpkin!

After much hunting, Caroline settled on a lovely round one.

Navigating back from the field to the barn.

The highlight of the trip--caramel apples!  Caroline has been waiting more than a year to enjoy this since she wasn't allowed to have them while she had her braces!

Company Girl!

This year as part of the Nutcracker auditions, Margaret had the chance to audition to join the Ballet Northwest "Company" of dancers.  BNW has the proud tradition of being the oldest continuous dance company in Washington--having been formed even before Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle!  It includes dancers, age 12 and up, who form the core of the Nutcracker and the spring production.  It's quite a big deal, and involves lots of additional "master's classes" throughout the year as well as more rehearsals for the shows.  We had been warned that only a small percentage of the 12 year olds make it in on their first try, so were trying to keep our hopes/expectations in perspective.  But all of Margaret's hard work over the years has paid off, and she is now an official BNW Company girl!  We are so proud!

Oh, and by the way, she was cast as part of the Sugar Plum Court for this year's Nutcracker production.  More pink tutus and tiaras!