Sophie is in trouble today.
Well...actually she was in trouble on Tuesday, but we haven't been able to squeeze her punishment into the schedule until today.
It all started on Sunday really.
Every summer our church (St. Jude's Episcopal) holds a Mass in the Time of Shakespeare (complete with queen, lutes, etc.) in honor of the Utah Shakespearean Festival that is our little town's claim to fame. We showed up last Sunday having missed the last several weeks, and not knowing what Elizabethan shenanigans awaited us.
For the service, they invite the actors from the Greenshow (the free before-the-real-show-show with dancing, singing, and again Elizabethan themed)to participate. Sophie--who is a huge Greenshow fan--was very excited to see these"famous" actors at her church.
So, after church, the hospitality ladies put on a super sweet high tea. We're talking crumpets and cream and silver tea pots here. Sophie and I ended up at a table with the Greenshow actors, and they were super sweet to her. They answered all of her questions and chatted her up and it was a thrilling experience for Soph.
But that was NOTHING compared to Tuesday when Sophie and I attended the Greenshow, and one of the actors recognized Sophie and singled her out to stand up and play a part in "The Scum and Ratsby Show" (think Elizabethan stand-up).
My girl was over the moon.
So we came home, and she was telling her dad about it--swirling and twirling around generally being spaztic--and she promptly spilled a huge class of water right on E's laptop.
It sparked and smoked and died.
I should add that Sophie as been told and warned and cautioned about fooling around in close proximity to her dad's computer desk. About 500 times.
There were tears all around, and while it was an accident, it was one she had been warned against profusely. Unfortunately, the incident happened on Tuesday; her birthday was on Wednesday; Thursday I had to be back at work (sigh)and she was scheduled to spend a day with Grandma; so the decided punishment--a full days worth of grounding to her room--couldn't actually take place until today.
Not the best case scenario I know.
Oh well. Wish me luck in holding my resolve today.
Well...actually she was in trouble on Tuesday, but we haven't been able to squeeze her punishment into the schedule until today.
It all started on Sunday really.
Every summer our church (St. Jude's Episcopal) holds a Mass in the Time of Shakespeare (complete with queen, lutes, etc.) in honor of the Utah Shakespearean Festival that is our little town's claim to fame. We showed up last Sunday having missed the last several weeks, and not knowing what Elizabethan shenanigans awaited us.
For the service, they invite the actors from the Greenshow (the free before-the-real-show-show with dancing, singing, and again Elizabethan themed)to participate. Sophie--who is a huge Greenshow fan--was very excited to see these"famous" actors at her church.
So, after church, the hospitality ladies put on a super sweet high tea. We're talking crumpets and cream and silver tea pots here. Sophie and I ended up at a table with the Greenshow actors, and they were super sweet to her. They answered all of her questions and chatted her up and it was a thrilling experience for Soph.
But that was NOTHING compared to Tuesday when Sophie and I attended the Greenshow, and one of the actors recognized Sophie and singled her out to stand up and play a part in "The Scum and Ratsby Show" (think Elizabethan stand-up).
My girl was over the moon.
So we came home, and she was telling her dad about it--swirling and twirling around generally being spaztic--and she promptly spilled a huge class of water right on E's laptop.
It sparked and smoked and died.
I should add that Sophie as been told and warned and cautioned about fooling around in close proximity to her dad's computer desk. About 500 times.
There were tears all around, and while it was an accident, it was one she had been warned against profusely. Unfortunately, the incident happened on Tuesday; her birthday was on Wednesday; Thursday I had to be back at work (sigh)and she was scheduled to spend a day with Grandma; so the decided punishment--a full days worth of grounding to her room--couldn't actually take place until today.
Not the best case scenario I know.
Oh well. Wish me luck in holding my resolve today.
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