It's a Jungle Out There

Each Spring, MCPS puts on a Spring Musical. Tripp has been in it each year since kindergarten, and this was Makinley's first chance to get to audition herself. I'm not going to lie. I was a little nervous when they had their auditions. I was pretty confident Tripp would make it only because he has made it the two previous years before. I was really nervous he would make it, but she wouldn't. I didn't know how that would go over. One day, before we found out the results of the auditions, Makinley asked Tripp in the car, "Bubba, if you make it and I don't, will you quit for me? I'd quit for you." Tripp quickly replied, "No I won't quit for you. This is my last year at the primary school. You have two more years that you can try out." Good point. Well, luckily, this momma worried for nothing because they both made it! Tripp had a bigger role with 3 speaking lines, but Makinley was content to look super cute as an elephant and get her moment to stand up front dancing and singing. It was hard to get any decent pictures in there, but we grabbed a few.

This little cutie was ready to go watch the play!

 Terrible lighting, but needed to capture them before walking about the door.

 And the littlest didn't want to be left out.

 Makinley is on the very top row standing next to the really tall black girl.

 We weren't sitting in the best spot to be able to see Tripp at all. He is the head you can just barely see at the bottom.

 A couple of pictures of his moment in the spot light. He did a great job with his lines. Spoke them loud and clear and he was easy to understand.

 Makinley's turn to shine! She's right there in the center!

 The whole cast at the end of the play. They did such a great job and the baby did awesome throughout the whole thing. She took turns sitting with either me or her GiGi.

That will be Tripp's last play at MCPS as he will come to my school next year, but Makinley still has two more years to audition. I've said she was born to be on a stage her whole life, so I can't wait to see if she will get that chance in the following years.