They're Creepy and They're Kooky...

Mysterious and spooky,

They're all together ooky

No, not the Adam's Family--

SPEECHES AND SPEECH TOURNAMENTS!

Eek!

Scary!

Aaaaaaaugh!!!!!

Why did I sign my kids up for speech tournaments?

My eyeballs are sore

from editing 

Their first tournament is in a week and a half.

Talk about terrifying levels of fear!

This is an excellent experience 

for them but for some reason

it's making me beyond

jittery.

However, in the process of this horror,

I'm finding that I'm learning a few things

and I thought it would be fun to 

pass on a few bits of trivia from

my children's speeches.

Did you know that one of the uses for duct tape

introduced in the Jumbo Book of Duct Tape

is teeth whitening?

They suggest that you stick white duct tape to your teeth.

Did you know that in 2003, 

three people lost their lives

following the US Department of Homeland Security's

suggestion to seal their doors and windows of their home

with

plastic wrap and duct tape to survive a 

chemical terrorist attack?

Hmmm.

Did you know that duct tape is a medically suggest remedy for 

removing warts?

Yes,

one of my amazing children is giving a speech on the

wonders of Duct Tape and yes there are many!

Storyboards are the other topic.

I don't have any humorous or even really weird bits of trivia

for storyboards,

only to say that they are really, super cool

and without them Hollywood would waste even more truckloads 

of money making movies.


One perk is that I will get to see my handsome
14 year old son dressed dapper
and deliciously handsome in his brand new suit.
Dress code standards are suit and tie.
Poor kid, but happy mom.
Here's a glimpse.

The other thing that I'm learning is that doing things

with your kids, whether cooking, playing Kinnect sports,

taking a walk,

or even writing a speech together,

is really special time.

Even though public speaking is most people's #1 top

most horrifying thing they could think of to do,

it is an invaluable skill

for living life.

I must say that the

time spent together writing,

memorizing, editing, polishing,

reviewing and practicing

together,

is very precious time

that I'm thankful to have with them.

I could write a speech about that.