The Drama Queen Surfaces

The drama queen has surfaced.  Tiny but powerful, Annie, in all her glory was thrilled she got to begin Creative Drama Class today.  She is also excited that she made 3 new girlfriends her own age - Kalli, Madison, and Zoe.  Annie and her friends (and I was impressed over this) sat gleaming with all the other girls and boys (there are 3 of them in the class believe it or not) and listened with great anticipation of what they're going to be doing this year.

They had a great start.  From introductions and birthdays to making up their own motions.  Then everyone took a stretching break and then it was time to see about the imagination of each child and if they could do it...it was so funny, Annie acted like she was a boxer hitting a punching bag.  But she did extremely well for which I was really surprised she chose such a boyish sport to portray - not that girls don't do boxing as I know they do, but at home she's playing with Barbies and dolls a lot and now I wonder if JJ really did decapitate her doll heads and remove some Barbie limbs...

There was two boys though I know Annie thought was funny and that would get along with her brother JJ so well, but JJ didn't want to do Drama Class this term.  But, back to these boys one boy was into kicking at imaginary enemies, shooting and rolling, you can pretty much tell what video games he must play he certainly reminded me of a future soldier.  Then another boy is a big time Star Wars fan as he mentioned them quite frequently and when it came time for his imaginary acting stunt for the other children to guess he was a Star Wars fighter using a laser weapon and when it was guessed he asked back "Yeah, but what kind?", I figure don't mess with the fans of movies because they expect a precise answer and appreciation for their favorite movie or show.  I think he'll be great at acting and possibly a future soldier wielding any type of laser weapon too as he certainly had the moves.

At the end of class they were given homework, so we'll be going to Walmart to get some poster board, paint, and construction paper as Annie is to make a picture of anything she wants then present it to the class next week and explain what it is and why she chose to make it.  Should be rather interesting and to safe-guard the table I already have plenty of newspaper.  Who knows she may even incorporate it into her picture as well.

On the way back from Drama Class Annie was full of joy expressing how she is thrilled to be doing this and that she wishes it were everyday and she can't wait until next Friday.  And neither can I as this is our first year we've ever done anything theater related.  And her teacher seems very nice and really great with kids in general and that's a plus.

Now tomorrow we're all going to Expo Bowl in the morning for the kids' first instruction class on how to bowl (and believe it or not it is free).  It should be fun, and even Eric is going to this one, then we should be able after that to continue the homeschooling bowling sessions and maybe even form our own league - that is if we can all agree what name we should call ourselves, either way it should be interesting and well it definitely makes our PE classes more fun for the kids to participate in.  There was no griping over going bowling let's just say that.