While Mary spent the morning practicing and playing for friends and family over Facetime, the other kids dressed up and danced to Dance Macabre by Saint Saens. Major shout out to Lydia who did their face-painting! They first started dancing to it earlier in the week and then spent the whole morning listening to it again and again while they danced and acted to it.
While Abe took Mary to her first round, I turned on Saint-Saens’ piano concerto no.2 and the other kids danced and acted to that. Here is Ammon after going over a musical waterfall and Lydia attempting to revive him.This is Mary during round 2! Out of her division, six children were chosen for the finals. Here she is playing beautifully.
She got third! We were all so, so proud of her. Way to go, Mary!!After the competition we drove to Salt Lake to return some things. Some returns took time so the kids played on the sidewalk while Abe and I took turns going into the stores.After our errands we went to the Doghaus for dinner because Mary was in the mood for burgers.And then we went to a bakery for dessert.
While out and about, Abe and the kids had a lot of fun rapping together. See below:
In this clip and the clip below, Mary is on beat-box. She was feeling too shy to rap.
After the bakery we went to the Hale Theater in Sandy to see the Secret Garden, where I neglected to take a single picture. It was an incredible play, though, and we all enjoyed every minute. Well, Clarissa was a little wiggly and tired, but the rest of us were riveted. Such a good show!
