Last night our family performed at the ward talent show, and oh, what talent we've got. For months we've been keeping the details of our act secret so now I am free to reveal. We did a dance/lip sync number to the song "Augustus Gloot" from the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Yes, we were oompa loompas. And we were the opening act. It was a lot of fun. I made t-shirts with a big "b" on them, and masterfully crafted some black & white stripe shirts with electrical tape, and our big red-lens glasses came from party city. We've been practicing for months . . . ever since we got wind that a talent show was going to happen. The performance went off well -- there were several mishaps, but they added to the comic effect of it all: 1)Conner's glasses fell off his face in the very first dance step and he spent the next 15 seconds trying to put them back on . .. but the show continued. 2)Payton wandered behind Scott and got knocked flat on the floor, then stood up crying . . . . but the show went on without him. Eventually, Payton got over it and joined in with us.
Here are some photo highlights from the night. (Click the photo for a larger view).
When the talent show as over it was pretty fun to have so many kids come up to us and say how cool our act was. I'm sure many of the adults had no idea what was going on. Regardless, everyone was laughing and I think we did a great job opening the show.
Now Scott tells me that I need to start teaching Conner & Payton a song that they can sing in church sometime. That should be an interesting challenge. We can't even get Payton to sing a song at FHE. Maybe if I let him wear his oompa loompa glasses . . . .
