You Don't See That Every Day

Instead of the usual pizza and movie on Friday night deal, we decided to shake things up this week; we had a Family Talent Show before the movie. There was dancing and tumbling, Piano playing and singing (can you see the two girls in there? Just don't look too closely at the mess my son also captured on the photo.) There was more dancing: We even had finger tricks. G cracks me up when he does these - thanks to his brother for teaching him this so long ago. Even little K chose to show us her useful talent of standing on her head - which she does often. The finale was the high-jumper. We had to do a little arm-twisting and guideline-setting, but we finally convinced the Boy to do something to participate in the family show. He chose to jump over the baby highchair. (Side note here, that high chair? Survived my husband's babyhood, and all 5 of our children. That thing is solid! I love older, metal (not plastic!) items.) I did a magic trick, rubbing a nickel in...