Thursday, May 14, 2009

Romeo and Juliet: The Musical Comedy Version

This is my first effort with the video camera--it can only get better from here! I figure this is the kind of video that only a bored grandparent will watch all the way through.
I hope you can make sense of who is who, but probably it doesn't matter. Natalie is the narrator, as well as Mercutio. (Charles kills her.) Charles is Tybalt; he enjoyed choreographing the sword fighting and playing a bad guy. (Robert kills him.) Robert is Romeo; he kills Tybalt, Paris, and himself. Should we blame him for Juliet's death too? (Robert says no.)


Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Winter 2009

Charles' team won the vacation week tournament!


Charles studied the effect of age on chocolate preference. 


Robert experimented by adding regular and dissolved sugar to food coloring and water. He then watched what happened to flowers placed in these mixtures. It really made a difference!


We finally found good snow for the flexible flyer! (Ask Gill about those bruises.)


This photo belongs in Fall 2008. Robert was an angry rabbit in a retelling of Hansel and Gretel. He's out of character here.

Christmas 2008


The Mashoonga sabers have been a big HIT.
Throwing all the balls down the stairs was lots of fun for the cousins until one of the little kids got hit too hard.
New animals on Christmas morning.
The skinniest snowman ever.
Robert learned to jump rope in about three days of focused work, mostly in the kitchen.