they've got talent...

Thursday evening, the kiddos' elementary school held their annual talent show...last year, we went to the show, but none of my kiddos performed...the week after last year's show, Jaden decided that he & his friend Timothy would sing the song "Country Boy" in the next show...& of course, he never forgot their plan...well, for whatever reason, Timothy couldn't participate this year...Jaden was disappointed, but decided to maybe do some tricks with Rocket instead...that didn't go exactly has he'd hoped (Rocket will do tricks for me, but Jaden isn't quite confident/assertive enuff to get Rocket to perform) - so he decided to give the song a try on his own ;0)

we borrowed boots from my dad & a guitar from my sister-in-law...Jaden practiced his country twang & was super excited to perform! he was the only boy that sang (there were a TON of girls!)...since they had so many singing acts, they limited each one to just 2minutes - that's why they cut his song short (they had to do that for everyone that sang)



the girls wanted to partner up with one of Gabby's good friends, Brookelyn, to do a acro/gymnastics routine...it wasn't until the talent show practice (2 days before the show), that we found out they wouldn't be able to perform in the show...county rules say no one is allowed to be "inverted" - which not only means no cart wheels & flips, but not even somersaults or bridges either! pretty much nixing the entire routine that they'd worked so hard creating

instead, we got together & filmed the girls' routine...they showed the video on a loop as folks were arriving to the show & finding their seats...then they played it again, as one of the acts, & asked the girls to come on stage so everyone could give them a hand...it was cute! here's the video we shot...



i love those punks!!!
♥