They didn’t come home with prizes… but they had smiles for miles.
And Daddy survived another Pinewood Derby.
Derby 2019
They didn’t come home with prizes… but they had smiles for miles.
And Daddy survived another Pinewood Derby.
It’s been Wonky
It was the fifth year that I worked on the cast party for the Finney Show, and the third year I worked with my friend Julie.
Pinterest had a kajillion ideas for the Wonka theme and it was a matter of reigning it in.
For the first time, both our husbands stayed to help decorate, and it was a very good thing that they did. It took the four of us AND another four helping adults to get the room decorated in time.
Anything super and creative is from Julie. I just bought some things from Amazon.
(Oh – I made the candy doo-dads hanging from the ceiling and the lollypops on the wall.)
willy wonka
March 24, 2019April 5, 2019 | Stacy
I’ll back track just a bit into March so that I can properly highlight the kids’ experiences with Willy Wonka at the Charles Finney school this spring.
Nigel played Mr. Salt, the father of Veruca Salt, the girl who always got what she wanted.
It just so happened that the young lady who played Veruca is the niece of my friend and co-worker, Myrna. Small world. 
Marie and Tabitha had roles as dancing cooks and squirrels.
They were supposed to have these silly, snooty, “French” looks on their faces.
They were so funny.
Stewart did not have an on-stage role this year. He was hired to help with audio. He did an outstanding job.
And he didn’t have to wear make-up. 
It’s Been Wonky
It was the fifth year that I worked on the cast party for the Finney Show, and the third year I worked with my friend Julie.
Pinterest had a kajillion ideas for the Wonka theme and it was a matter of reigning it in.
For the first time, both our husbands stayed to help decorate, and it was a very good thing that they did. It took the four of us AND another four helping adults to get the room decorated in time.
Anything super and creative is from Julie. I just bought some things from Amazon.
(Oh – I made the candy doo-dads hanging from the ceiling and the lollypops on the wall.)
willy wonka
I’ll back track just a bit into March so that I can properly highlight the kids’ experiences with Willy Wonka at the Charles Finney school this spring.
Nigel played Mr. Salt, the father of Veruca Salt, the girl who always got what she wanted.
It just so happened that the young lady who played Veruca is the niece of my friend and co-worker, Myrna. Small world.
Marie and Tabitha had roles as dancing cooks and squirrels.
They were supposed to have these silly, snooty, “French” looks on their faces.
They were so funny.
Stewart did not have an on-stage role this year. He was hired to help with audio. He did an outstanding job.
And he didn’t have to wear make-up.
K Day
It’s not uncommon for a Butler child to ask for a Mommy- or Daddy- date as one of their birthday gifts. These special times alone with a child typically bless the parent even more than the child, and they are an all-out good time.
Katriel didn’t know what she was dressing for as we dolled her up a bit. We headed to JCP where we had a few minutes to take in all the fun clothes and toys at in the Disney section before her photo shoot.
From there we had a quick lunch at the food court and took a stroll to the LEGO store.
She and I then headed to Color Me Mine so she could paint her own bowl.
She was a little hesitant and tentative at first, but she started to get into it and had herself a delightful bowl by the time we were done.
From there we tooled around a toy shop, where she couldn’t find anything she liked enough to spend her “college money” from Nan. A quick visit to Dunkin’ Donuts rounded our day out.
I hope we both remember it for a long, long time.
K Day
It’s not uncommon for a Butler child to ask for a Mommy- or Daddy- date as one of their birthday gifts. These special times alone with a child typically bless the parent even more than the child, and they are an all-out good time.
Katriel didn’t know what she was dressing for as we dolled her up a bit. We headed to JCP where we had a few minutes to take in all the fun clothes and toys at in the Disney section before her photo shoot.
From there we had a quick lunch at the food court and took a stroll to the LEGO store.
She and I then headed to Color Me Mine so she could paint her own bowl.
She was a little hesitant and tentative at first, but she started to get into it and had herself a delightful bowl by the time we were done.
From there we tooled around a toy shop, where she couldn’t find anything she liked enough to spend her “college money” from Nan. A quick visit to Dunkin’ Donuts rounded our day out.
I hope we both remember it for a long, long time.
Katriel is six!
I am excited to share some photos from Katriel’s super fun Froggy themed birthday party.
Hanny was eager to help decorate and she had a vision for the door way. She used almost two full rolls of green, but it was very cool.
Our pond.
I think I would like frogs better if they all looked as cute as this one!
They made froggy headbands.
And sat on lilypads (the white circles on the carpet) while I read some stories.
Some photos are uploading incorrectly, but I can’t figure that out…
We tossed froggies on to lilypads.
And did some water color painting.
Gifts are fun, too.
And Tabitha made her some frog cupcakes.
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As parents came to pick them up a few of the kids used the mom-is-talking-time to play soccer(?) in the front yard.
She’s so sweet. I love my baby girl.
New Blog Address
I am sad it has come to this, but I have needed to move to another platform in order to continue with my blog. While I know only a few friends stop by to read, I like to maintain my blog as a growing history of the Butler family activities. I already see my big kids popping in and out of the blog to either find photos, or to reminisce.
If you’d like to follow us to another location, our new blog address is
https://dayspringdisciples.home.blog/
It looks a little different, but it is me. Us. The Butlers.
Thanks for loving our family.
Stacy
Dayspring Disciples 