Sonja’s exuberant teacher nearly tackled me today and told me I had to read Sonja’s Writing Journal. She has been working on this entry for a long time- and it’s so cute, I thought I would post part of it here- complete with spelling errors ; )

My favorite musical is CATS. I like CATS because it has lots of singing and dancing. I am learning the songs in CATS. I can list the songs I know. Memory. Macavity, Jellicles songs for jellicles cats. I know more but I will not list them all. Too many to list. Check them out!

When I grow up I want to be in CATS, and The Lion King. I love Brodway musicals. Acshuli any kind fo musicals. Me and my mom and dad and grapa and grama wher gowing to CATS, but thar wher only 2 tikits left, so my mom is going to take just me.

My second favrit musical is The Lion King. I like it becus it has singing and dancing. Yesterday we wacht The Lion King. It was the Disne kind, but I want to wach the kind with the masks and costoms. Just think one day I’ll be famis! I’ll be on Brod way!

I also want to wach the King and I. I wunder what it is about. I know some songs from The King and I. I can’t thik of the names. But I know i have wuntid to wach it for yers! I can’t wate to grow up! As thae say- thars no bisnis like show bissnes!

I hope you know how much I love brodway! I forgot to mention my mom is going to sign me up for a camp! Soon CATS will happen in Eugene. I can’t wate! The camp is going to do a play called Buotees and Beasts. I love acting. I do a lot wen I act. On my birthday if I do not like a presint, I can act like I like it. I have to admit i am a prity good actress.

Olmost evree day I lisin to CATS or The Lion King. I am triing to get in a play called “Josiv and the teknik colerd dream code”. Yesterday I went to my first odishin! I did grate,fablis,fantastic, and vary vary good.

Yesterday me and my mom went to CATS. I want to show you some pictures. This is Grisubella the glamer cat and me.

Here is Old Dotronme.

I think a cat that was funominal was Gus the Theater cat. He was really shaking. Me and my mom met Gus before he got dresst. He told the other cats in the play that I liketed the muicol CATS, so at the end this cat took me around and made sher I got my pichurs takin.

I thik all the cats did a great job. I thik the hartest part was Girsabella becas she had a lot of felings in her songs. I also likt skiboleshanks the rail way cat.

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Kirstin here taking back the reins ; )
You know when a kid is just filled up with joy? Sonja was crazy happy to get to see CATS on Sunday. We had such fun- and she has been talking about it with anyone who will listen.

I love the enthusiasm that she expresses around her acting. It’s a delight to see that energy, and whether she becomes an actress in the future or not, she is having so much fun with new experiences.

Both girls got in to Jacob and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and will be doing that production in April. We are into our crazy rehearsal schedule now, but the kids are learning a lot working with the music director and choreographer. It’s going to be a big show. I hope some of you can make it down to see the show!

It’s going to be “FABLIS” and “FUNOMINAL”.