Silent Movie and Other Things

Awesome ornament or what?
An altar!

(picture doesn't do justice)

A dog with a bullet, haha.

A carved duck from Frodo's carving days.

 My nieces were selling these at a craft fair.

A 2 peas in a pod ornament from a friend.

One is truly blessed to have a peapod friend in life.

 Went for a walk with Kili who insisted on bringing a machete. I'm not sure I'm keen on going for walks with a 6 year old with a swinging machete.

 Our Nativity set has grown pretty large.

 Snow fort

 I highly recommend an afternoon at Duck Soup Cinema. A friend had told me about it so I went with another friend to enjoy the show.

 To begin they have entertainers in the hallways. This lady above made balloons while the man below did magic tricks.

 our balloon ducks

we saw a couple of children with balloon guns and other things

 I never catch on to how these magic tricks work.

 The silent movie has a live organist! Normally the organ is the original organ of close to 100 years old but it is currently in a repair shop

 Before the movie a number of acts/entertainers were given the stage. Above was a senior in high school who has studied Indian dance. She did a fabulous job. Below was a set of 3 siblings (homeschooled!) who enjoy playing/singing/dancing to 1920/30's music. They were splendid!

 Then the O'Darby band played/sang some Irish/Scottish music. Another great routine.

 After intermission were 3 door prize drawings (every received a ticket on their way in for a chance to win). Great prizes including tickets to the opera, orchestra and more plus smaller enjoyable prizes.

I highly recommend attending this at least once, it was so fun... After all these acts was the actual silent movie on a very large screen with the live organist. It was thoroughly enjoyable.