What we do during rehearsal time

For the last month Molly has been immersed in rehearsals for one of New Zealand's top fashion/arts/design shows. Anyone who lives in New Zealand will know all about it, but for those readers who don't live in New Zealand you can check it out here: http://worldofwearableart.com/ . 

Getting a part in it involved two rounds of auditions and is quite a big deal! For Molly, it means her world is now full of excitement and dance and costumes - and  secrecy. She's had to sign a confidentiality contract and isn't allowed to speak a word about what she's doing until opening night. For an 8 year old this is a hard task! But she's doing well and so far the rest of us know NOTHING at all. 

Despite not knowing anything, it's pretty much taken over our lives! The rehearsals are 3 times per week and take up about 10-12 hours of our time. Unfortunately this means it's not always possible for Alfie to do a lot of the things he wants to do this term, as he needs to chauffeur Molly around with me, but he's been a great support crew so far with only a very teeny bit of complaining. 

Wellington's not a big city and one of the perks of living here is that it usually takes no time to get anywhere. But as fate would have it, rehearsals are about as far away from our home as possible - a whole 15 kms away in Miramar. So rather than drive there and back and there and back every time, Alfie & I often just hang out on the Miramar Peninsula and enjoy a bit of time together. 

Sometimes we bring a soccer ball and hang at the beach.....

Sometimes we go to the local library and read books together, or to the garden centre where we've bought the occasional random item such as a blue elephant trunk watering can that Alfie was desperate for.

Sometimes we sit at one of the many cafes and treat ourselves to a hot chocolate while we do homework....

As luck would have it, rehearsals are on the same road as Dad's work, so we sometimes visit him in the office, check out the latest company prosthetics, pat the office dog and watch movies in the kitchen.

But at weekend rehearsals we have Dad with us so we get to play more soccer and hang out at the beach some more!



Thanks Alfie, my little chauffeur buddy - I'm loving our time together!