The Funny Little Women

So Yesterday Bella and Olivia were in their Armory art class play. It was called "The Funny Little Women" and Bella and Olivia were two of the funny little women along with their friend, Oona. The story was adapted from a Japanese myth about three ladies who make yummy dumplings. When one of their dumplings rolls away, they go looking for it in an unsafe area where the wicked Oni live. They are warned by the goddess of nature and the goddess of the stars, but they don't listen. They are then kidnapped by the wicked Oni and forced to make dumplings all day, every day with a magic wooden spoon. It is exhausting for them because the work is non-stop, so they finally escape when the wicked Oni are sleeping. They are almost caught, but they get away--with the magic wooden spoon. At the end they start a dumpling business where people come from all over to buy their delicious dumplings--including the wicked Oni!

The girls were fantastic! I was especially impressed with Lala because this was her first drama class. She had no problem memorizing her lines and her teacher said she memorized everybody else's too! She was so cute! All the performers were great. The wicked Oni were especially cute because they didn't seem wicked at all!
I was so proud of both of my girls. Craig brought them flowers and we also had some flowers for their teacher, Grace. This was Bella's third semester with her, so we've grown pretty attached to her.
They made her these adorable cards.

In this class, they made their own scenery and costumes. I love this little part of the scenery where Lala painted a bird!!

It was a really fun night. I know the girls felt very accomplished. It will also be nice to have the summer off!