Yes, it’s true! One minute, Emily was just 6 years old, and then… she turned 7!!! SEVEN!! Right before my very eyes. Amazing!
There are so many things I love about this little girl! Many of which seemed to come out during the events leading up to her recent school talent show. Oh. My. Goodness! The school talent show!! So she came home from school with the audition sign up form asking… no, BEGGING for me to let her try out for the show. Emily is never one to pass up the opportunity to perform on stage.
“Please, Mommy, can I please be in the talent show??”
“What are you going to do?”
“I… don’t know. I could sing!”
“NO!” (trust me, I’ve heard her sing… to say she is tone-deaf is putting it nicely.)
“I… could dance!”
“NOOO!!! (again, I have witnessed this so-called “dancing”. Let’s just say it’s not a talent of hers.)
“I….. could tell jokes!”
“No. No. No!” (Visions of jokes going completely wrong flash before my eyes.)
“Ohhhh… please, Mommy?? Please, please can I try out for the show?? Please, please, puh-lease?????”
“I think maybe you should wait until next year, honey.”
She was, understandably, disappointed.
Well, we were playing around one day, as we so often do at the Frugal Family Fun house, and we made a little parade video which later became the inspiration for her quick change MAGIC act. The only problem was… it was just TWO days before the audition!!! TWO DAYS!!!!
So… I scrambled to buy fabric, to make my own patterns, to sew FOUR dresses & other props, to convince Mark — who is incredibly shy on-stage, to perform along with her, to pick out the music, to have Clara pretend to be the audience, to have Emily practice, practice, PRACTICE!!
And YAY!!! We put together a quick-change magic act, a talent we didn’t know Emily even had, until TWO days before the audition!
And you know what??
It. Was. Awesome!!!
Here is the very short (45 sec.) video of their act. Please excuse the first shaky 7 seconds — a certain 2 yr. old was grabbing popcorn out of my hands!
