Melodie is 25!

Happy Birthday to the wonderful Melodie! 

Tonight she and Christian went to the same concert that they went to last year for their first date, aww! (mentioned at end here). I entered to get tickets but was not selected. Christian's family had 6 extra, so we borrowed 4 of them and Corey and I were going to go too, and we had Daniel and Peter tag along. (Abi was at a Lyceum concert, Lily Sophi and Natalie had a book club with neighborhood friends, and they took Katharine with them). It was so crowded downtown that we were late, so Corey dropped us off and then went to park. We got in ok and got a seat at the front by the projectors, which were blowing warm air, but it wasn't too hot, just nice and cozy. I was texting Corey to let him know where we ended up, trying to avoid a repeat of 2018. It was around 8:40 when he was at the doors, but he was not allowed in cause the seats were all taken (it was general admission then standby, so it was all full). We could have tried to have Peter sit on my lap, but security wouldn't let him in, so he watched from the tabernacle, then waited for us in the car after, so we had a speedier exit than most. 

So this Christmas concert is a big deal. It's an annual event by The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, held last night, tonight, and tomorrow too. This year the guest performers were Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block & Sebastian Arcelus, and the message focused on themes of hope and the Apollo 11 mission. It was good. Peter was a little bored, so I rubbed his back. Daniel LOVED the sing along part. We sang Jingle Bells, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, and Silent Night. After the concert was done, 4 people around us told him how much they loved hearing him sing. A girl behind us said it was the highlight of the evening for her, and she couldn't sing cause she was too moved to tears by Daniel. So that was some people behind us, and then there was a couple right next to Daniel who also told him he sang amazing and that he has a God given gift. I got a pic of Daniel's silouhette as he gave a standing ovation.

His hair was a bit crazy as you can see by the volume of his silhouette. He just let it airdry after taking a shower after school, which I told him to do to get all the baby powder out of it from being Albert Einstein at the 3rd grade Wax Museum today. 

I was laughing at how I pulled this look off. Daniel's natural hair volume plus hair glue with baby powder and hairspray to try and seal it in. The mustache was made with a little white paint, then using hair glue again to try and make a few trimmings from the duster stick to his lip. haha...

When he went downstairs to show Mel and Christian his finished look, they laughed at how he was sneezing - a combination from the powder in his nose plus the duster cotton tickling from his upper lip. Ready to go to school!

He really wanted to stick out his tongue, but his teacher told him he couldn't. So I got a pic of that from home. Corey, Katharine and I went over to the museum. 

Such interesting statues.  

Daniel didn't take being "wax" very seriously and he was moving around a lot, including changing his facial expression...

Hey! Get that tongue back in!

I'm biased but I think he was the best Einstein there. 

Mel and Christian came and saw Daniel, so that was fun. Mel walked through the hall to see the grizzly drawing she did back in 2012. It is still hanging proudly on the wall. 

Mel and Christian are such a great couple, and I love how they are so supportive of the younger kids and do so many nice things for our whole family! M&C stayed up here after helping us last night with the little music program we did for our neighbor. It was fun to hang out will Mel for her birthday! They treated us all to homemade pizzas for dinner. Peter had two friends over who got to make their own pizzas - 

And then when the dough was starting to be cooked, Sophi and Natalie came home with like 5 friends.. they had stayed after school for a ballroom rehearsal, then showed up around 6. Mel and Christian had enough to feed all of them too, wow! They weren't planning on that big of a crowd, but there was more than enough to go around. Just loaves and fishes miracles happening, helped by the magic of Mel and Chrsitian!