Noah's Ark

As much work as the play has been, we performed it today and it was so cute! The kids all did an amazing job and were so proud of themselves. Plus, it was one of the rare opportunities to get all 66 children together (including those who cannot speak/walk) and just have fun; play some music and dance and sing. Hannah (our Noah) did beautifully and remembered her lines and said them proudly. Theresa came up with the idea to just sit the kids on stage and have them stand when it was their turn to say their animal line, and this made it much easier as many of the kids weren’t cooperating with walking across the stage (not to mention that many do not walk, or are just learning how to walk). We had about 18 animals and all the other kids (minus a few who had main roles) were water. We dressed them all in blue and sat them on a blue sheet (or in wheelchairs behind the sheet). When the flood came in the story, we handed them noise makers and they made noise. It was cute, and a nice way to involve those kids who can’t speak to say a line. For those kids that did have lines, they were adorable. Victoria was probably the cutest as a little bunny. She was so excited to hop! Rachel looked beautiful, as we found a zebra print dress in the donation room, so that was perfect to make her a zebra!

For those of you who know the SCH kids, Jeanette and Stacy were cows, Rachel and Aaron were zebras, Victoria and Phoebe were rabbits, Amulya and Dhivena were monkeys, Justin and Wendy were dogs, Serene and Paula were lions, Meghan and Stephanie were pigs, Amanda and Brent were chickens, and Aloe and Cedar were baby butterflies. Stephanie fell asleep right before her line, and Brent got distracted and strayed, so we ended up with only one pig and one chicken! Alesa and Christine were mean town people who laughed at Noah, and also got to hold the rainbow. Hope, Dinah, and Promise were Noah’s wife and children. Zoe, an adorable little girl, was going to be water. However, just a few days ago she began walking, so we wanted to reward her with a fun role. We made her an elephant, and she was so cute!

The play was a bit of a mess at parts (to be expected with 66 kids with special needs who had only practiced for 2 days!) but it was well worth it. It was FUN! We went out for ice cream afterwards with Shayna and Amira (Sarah and James’ daughters) and then heading out, slightly exhausted! Two more days left with the kids! Tomorrow we are heading to Victory for a few hours, and hopefully taking some of the kids to the fair at night! During the day, I'm hoping to pull out the swimming pool (like I have gotten into the routine of every day- the kids really look forward to it) and then just cuddling kids. It will be nice and relaxing not to have jobs to do, just to get some time to spend with the kids and work on walking, standing up, physio, etc. Today I finished the last job on my list; to print off big 10 x 12 headshots of the kids to hang up around the Home. I will pick them up tomorrow and then my list of jobs is complete; time to relax with my babies!!