We had another cousin week at our house this past week! We invited my sister, Margaret's, three daughters, Rebecca, 10, Emily, 10, and Elizabeth, 7, to stay for the week. That made 10 little girls in the Skinner house! It takes a lot to overwhelm my dear husband, but I think he did at last feel completely outnumbered. He was a good sport, though, and even watched the plays that were performed for us every night from this talented group of young actresses! On Monday night we watched, "Falling for Rapunzel," and "The Four Bears." On Tuesday night we watched, "Kinderella." On Wednesday night we watched, "Little Red and Blue Riding Hoods." On Thursday we watched, "The Four Little Pigs." The grand finale on Friday night was to have all the plays performed again for their mother who came to stay a night before driving them back home. What fun! They rehearsed during the day and performed for us at night!
Here is a recording of "Falling for Rapunzel:"
Savannah and Megan also performed for us that night. You can also see the tent in the background where the girls slept each night. What could be better than a campout every night??
Somehow, they also found time to go to Activity Days Day Camp on Tuesday from 2 - 8pm where they made necklaces and rowed boats and shot bee-bee guns and arrows and tried to douse each other in the dunking machine and panned for gold. On Thursday we spent all afternoon at the swimming pool and on Saturday we took the canoe to Salem Pond and the girls swam and canoed and tried to hitch rides on the back of the canoe and drove the paddlers crazy, etc. etc. It's beautiful there, isn't it?
Look! It's a boy moment! Margaret brought her youngest, Dylan, when she came to pick up her girls. Kevin was glad that he doubled the male population.
Bye Gillespies!! We loved having you!
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