Wouldn't It Be... "Udder"ly?

Every year about this time, my hands become very dry and cracked. It is extremely painful as the skin on the backs of my hands, between my fingers, and on my knuckles crack and bleed. This continues until the spring. For several years I have used udder ointment on my hands before I go to bed, sometimes covering them with gloves to keep the moisture in. I only use it at bedtime because it is extremely greasy and it would be difficult to do my tasks during the day with so much grease on my hands. The purpose of udder ointment is exactly what you are thinking it is... it's for cows. Recently, my friend Morgan told me a about a lotion called udder delight, it serves the same purpose as udder ointment for cows, but works better for us because it is not greasy and can be used more often.

I had a funny experience last night when I went to HCT with my friends Char and Kimmy. The musical was My Fair Lady and it was excellent; I loved the stage sets, the singing, and especially the costumes. I was really excited when I discovered that our seats were on the second row. I mentioned to Char that we were sitting so close, we would be able to see the sweat fly off of the actors. Sure enough, the first time I saw spit spewing from Henry Higgins mouth, Char and I turned and looked at each other with big smiles on our faces. After the intermission, and just as the show resumed, I realized that I needed some lotion on my hands. I reached into my purse and found my lotion and squeezed some onto my hand. Just as I started to rub it in a big glob of lotion flew out of my hand and landed on the shoulder of the lady sitting in front of me. I was mortified. What should I do? She hadn't noticed, but I couldn't stop staring at it. She was wearing a coat and I was trying to decide if it looked expensive or not, I wasn't sure if the lotion would leave a stain. I continued to watch the show, but my eyes kept returning to look at the big-pink-glob. I thought about just reaching down and flicking it from her shoulder, but I knew the person sitting next to her would see me do it, and... what if I flicked it right into Henry Higgins spit-spewing mouth. Ohhhh, what to do, what to do? When the show ended I decided I had to say something to the lady; as she stood and turned around I leaned towards her and said (so that hopefully only she could hear), "I dropped a little lotion on your coat." She was an older lady with white curly hair, her smile couldn't have been any brighter as she said, "it's okay... my coat will smell really nice." I smiled and told her thank-you, but I just couldn't bring myself to tell her... your coat smells like udder delight!

Has anyone else had a similar or mortifying story like this? I'd love to know about it.

The Little Mermaid

Last week Caitlin and I went on our annual trip to Tuacahn to see Disney's "The Little Mermaid". This is all I have to say about it:


A.MA.ZING!!!

Princess Avery

Last Saturday Miss Avery and I had our first "official" Grandma Day; we went to see Caitlin perform in the BHS production of "Cinderella". Before the show started we attended a princess party. Avery got to meet Cinderella and the Prince and have her picture taken with them, she then got to make a photo frame for the picture. She also got to color, she learned to dance and curtsy like a princess and enjoyed eating a royal cupcake... it was a magical day for sure.

Cinderella

This is an article from the Davis County Clipper. You can still see Caitlin this Friday the 14th at 7 pm or Saturday the 15th at 2 pm. She's awesome!

BHS brings the magic with classic ‘Cinderella’ by Jenniffer Wardell Davis County Clipper Jan 06, 2011

THE stepsisters (Caitlin Leger, Chandler Austin) try to pull prince Taylor Smith away from Cinderella (Hanna Cutler)

BOUNTIFUL — To make “Cinderella” shine onstage, you’ve got to do a lot more than wave a wand around.

Luckily, Bountiful High’s Theatre Arts Department is more than ready to take on the task. The group will be bringing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” to the stage Jan. 7, 10, 12, and 14 at 7 p.m., and Jan. 8 and 15 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

“We wanted to do a really fun, really cute show,” said director Angela Brown. “We wanted to do a musical that was family-friendly, and no one on the south end of Davis County has done Cinderella in a long time.”

For those who only know the Disney version of the classic fairy tale, the Rodgers and Hammerstein version gets rid of the talking mice and makes the prince seem a little more like a real person.

The show was originally written for television with Julie Andrews in the starring role, and has had two other major television versions made (starring Lesley Ann Warren and later Brandi in the title role). The version Bountiful High will be using combines elements of all three productions.

“We use the best components of the three television shows,” said Brown.

For the cast, putting on a new musical so soon after “Crazy for You” was a challenge. The double-cast show involves 56 cast members, and all of them began rehearsing for “Cinderella” as soon as “Crazy For You” ended on Nov. 15. During that same time, new costumes had to be made or acquired and sets had to be constructed.

“It’s been a pretty big challenge, but we have such a great group of kids this year,” said Brown. “They’ve been really dedicated and willing to work hard.”

Advance tickets for the show, as well as for the “Prince and Princess Party” being put on by the cast, are available at Top Hat Video and DVD in Bountiful, the Bountiful High business office, or Paisley Skye in Woods Cross. Advance and all matinee tickets are $5.

Tickets will also be available at the door, though they’ll be $8 for evening performances.

“It’s a lovely production,” said Brown. “Definitely non-boring.”

Crazy For You

The picture to the right has nothing whatsoever to do with the BHS upcoming production of Crazy For You... this is Caitlin in RMT's production of Music Man last summer... I just think it's a darling picture of her.

It is that time of year again... the weather is changing, the leaves are changing, soon the time will be changing. I however, have not changed. I am very constant in the fact that I sew, worry, and stress over Caitlin's costumes right up until the very last minute (hey... what can I say? I put out the fires as they burn the brightest). This fire burned until midnight last night as I finished the last buttonhole... and costumes weren't due until eleven hours later. I call that... ahead of schedule. I received a text from an elated Caitlin early this afternoon. I passed... again; and with "flying colors" according to Caitlin. I texted back that I was the happiest mom in the universe (I really did). The best part of all was that Caitlin appeared to be the happiest daughter in the universe.

Crazy For You opens on November 4th. Caitlin is double cast as a lead this year. Her performances will be on the 4th, 8th, 12th, and on the 13th; all of her performances are at 7 pm. If anyone is interested, she has tickets to sell for $5.00 each or you can buy a family pass for $25.00; you may also buy tickets at the door for $8.00. See you at the theatre.

All Shook Up

All Shook Up at BHS tonight through Saturday at 7 pm and a Saturday matinee at 2 pm. This poodle skirt was my final costume to sew for this school year. Cute huh!?!

"The Theatre, The Theatre....

....what happened to the theatre?" Remember Danny Kaye reciting that line in the movie White Christmas? I think I know what happened....all of their Moms collapsed after sewing costumes.

My oldest (Andy)and youngest (Caitlin) children are 15 years and 3 days apart. One thing that the two of them have in common is the love of musical theatre. Since last fall Caitlin has performed in three musicals at BHS and one at RMT. It has been my responsibility as a parent to provide Caitlin with a costume (remember my post last year about Les is Miserable?) for each show. So this year I did it again....made the costume a few days before the due date (please tell me I'm not the only parent that does that). A quick run down of my crazy, hectic, stress-out, last minute costumes.

8th grade Suessical The Musical; Caitlin was Thing 1. I literally finished this costume at midnight and was up at 6 am and on my way to the hospital for surgery (I knew I could stay up late and sew because I was going to get a good sleep during surgery).


This is the one costume that I had finished a week before the deadline. Caitlin played Babette in Beauty And The Beast in the 9th grade. This was not a costume to be avoided 'til the last minute, there were more than 10 pattern pieces just to the jacket (I did enjoy getting a new sewing machine).


Les was Miserable but I survived making this entire costume in one day (and I was cheerful when I finished). This was Caitlin's sophomore year.


And this year....West Side Story. I made this dress in just a few hours one evening last week (I added a gusset just hours before opening night). Caitlin is Graziella; a Jet girl and an amazing dancer. You can still see West Side Story the rest of this week and next Monday at BHS. Caitlin has tickets.


In all of Andy's years in musical theatre at BHS (I must do a post on his theatre days sometime) I don't recall ever making one costume (thanks son). But you know what they say in the theatre...."the show must go on..." and so must the Moms, because after all, it really is....FUN!!!

Zebulon's Wife

Caitlin is the girl with the black wig and the white outfit (the one on the left end)

For the past several weeks my daughter has been moonlighting at RMT as Zebulon's wife in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It has been a fabulous production (I saw it four times) and tonight is her final performance. If you missed it; I'm sorry. As you can see from this photo, Zebulon's wife moonlighted as a dancer in Pharoah's court as well as a dancer in Potipher's house. I'm so proud of her; she can dance!!

Les Miserables

As parents do we realize just how many times during our children's public education we are the ones being graded? Such is the case when you have a child in a class like musical theatre. I signed a paper in the summer saying I would provide a costume for my child for the upcoming production of Les Mis. I am required to pay for the costume, make it (or pay someone else to), and have it done by a certain date or her grade will be lowered. Caitlin is required to be at BHS at 7:30 am on September 20 in full costume for it to be inspected and credit given. The first time I ever saw the words Les Miserables I thought that was exactly how it was pronounced, just the way it looked (are you laughing?). Of course now, years later I know the correct pronunciation. But a few days ago it really was Les is miserable. I've had a very busy and hectic 8 weeks and everything in my life has been put on a priority list. Monday night we got home from a 4 day trip, and on Tuesday after being at work all day I came home and looked at the patterns and realized that I was in trouble. Caitlin had to have an over skirt, an under skirt, pantaloons, a peasant blouse, a lace up the front vest, oh....and an apron; by Saturday. Well I think I've broken my own record. Wednesday morning her costume was still on bolts of fabric at JoAnn's, and this morning here she is the most beautiful "filthy beggar" you ever saw, off to BHS to be inspected and graded. I really hope that I get an A.Les Mis will be playing at BHS September 27,29,30 and October 2,6,7,8,9,11,13.