Family Camp

Posted by Lisa Hendey in Family on Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Over at CatholicMom.com, I recently shared a wonderful article from a mom who told us all about her family’s recent experience at Catholic Familyland’s Holy Family Fest. While my family has never been lucky enough to attend this weeklong camp in Ohio, we did enjoy several years of going to Family Camp with our Catholic Cub Scout group.

I’ll admit to you that my guys are not big campers. I grew up... READ MORE 

Shakespeare in the Summertime

Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Wednesday, August 18, 2010

This week, I am hosting our annual drama camp at the house. This year, we’ve got about 20 players putting on a revised production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

As always, it’s been totally exhausting. And totally fun.

I’ve written about our summertime drama camp experiences here before:

A Stage I’m Going Through
Oh, the Drama!
Drama Camp How-To

This year, I got our revised Shakespeare script... READ MORE 

Drama Camp How-To

Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A few different people have asked some questions about the Drama Camp I hosted at my house last week, so I thought I’d write up a little description of it in case anyone else out there is interested in attempting the same kind of project.

I’ve only done this for two years now and I have ... ummmm ... exactly NO drama experience, so I am hardly an expert, But I can tell you what I did. So here goes:... READ MORE 

Oliver!

Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Friday, July 24, 2009

I came here to post something today and, although I’ve got a few minutes to write before my “players” arrive for another afternoon of play practice, I’ve got nothing for you.

My brain is just too filled with our drama camp goings-on and preparing my young Oliver Twist for his starring role. I’ve also got a Bill Sikes, a Nancy, a Mrs. Bedwin, and a couple of random orphan boys to prepare as well.

So I’ll have to fill you in on all the dramatic details afterwards, and all you get today is this picture. But that’s not so bad. Don’t tell him I said so, but I think my little orphan is pretty cute.

Oh, the Drama!

Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Wednesday, July 22, 2009

This week I’m hosting a summer “Drama Camp” at my house.

I call it “camp” because that makes it sound more exciting, but really it’s just me with a mess of kids practicing a play Monday through Friday with a live performance planned for Saturday.

Last year, we did Cyrano de Bergerac and it was tons of fun, so I felt confident leaping into Oliver Twist this year.

One thing I particularly enjoy about... READ MORE 

A Half Empty Nest

Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I’m a bit out of sorts this week since we dropped Adam off at his orchestra camp on Sunday.  My almost-fifteen-year-old was experiencing a mix of excitement and nerves as we kissed him goodbye in his dorm room at the college which will be his home for seven days.  He was thrilled to be around a high number of students who share his love for music, but a bit nervous about making new friends and passing... READ MORE 

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