Field Trip (Civic Theater)

Ellie got to go on her very first ever school field trip last Wednesday! And, thanks to Eric staying home with Josie, I was lucky enough to be able to go with her. It was to the Indianapolis Civic Theater and it was so awesome!! Ellie got to stand in line at the box office by herself and purchase her own "ticket" (with a penny)



and then find her own seat in the theater.


Then the director taught her and her classmates all about the theater and acting and then they got to go on stage and even backstage.

The best part for me, though, was when we got to see the costume area in the basement. The theater is currently preparing to put on the Wizard of Oz and so we got to see all the AMAZING costumes! In fact, Glinda the Good Witch's dress was being sewn right before our eyes!


We also got to see all the munchkin outfits (that will be worn by 40 children in the play), the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and both of Dorothy's dresses (one black and white for the beginning of the play
and the other for when it turns into color). It was so neat!

After our backstage tour, the kids all got to go back onstage to try a little acting and, I'm telling you, I think Ellie has found her calling. She just beamed the whole time up there and really lit up the stage. She had so much fun and it was so neat for me to witness her discovering something she really loved doing! They do offer classes there for preschoolers in the spring so hopefully it will work out for Ellie to be able to do them!

Here's a few pictures and video from when they were learning about the stage and theater.







Ellie doing a little acting exercise.

Halloween

We all had a great time trick-or-treating in my mom's neighborhood on Halloween! This was Josie's first time and she was so in to it! She was so proud carrying her pumpkin bucket and said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at each house. The cute thing was that when we got back to my Mom's house, every time the doorbell rang with new trick-or-treaters, Josie shouted "I have to go get my bucket, go get candy!" and then ran to the door for her candy too.

Ellie was Snow White and Josie was a pumpkin. Cousins Sara and Silas were a princess and Mario.











my mom


Later that evening, we trick-or-treated at the nursing home where my grandma just recently started living. This amazing woman is 101 years old! (Ellie changed into a warmer pumpkin costume.)



It was such a nice Halloween!