Chapter five
May (Birthday and school plays.)
Paige and Henry were in the twin's room getting them dressed in their party dresses. Tamora and Kat were very excited for their birthday party. After dressing them, Paige put the camera on them as Henry brushed their hair.
"Hi girls, how old are you today" Paige asked them.
"We're three years old" the twins said.
"That's right, and why are you all dressed up" Paige asked.
"For our party" Kat answered and high fived her sister.
Henry finished with their hair and Paige filmed the twins leave their room and join the family in the living room. Melinda ran up to the twins and hugged them. Then the guests arrived for the party.
"Happy birthday my little angels" Sam said.
"Grandpa" the twins said excitedly and ran to him.
"Hey dad, glad you could make it" Paige said and hugged her father.
"I could have to leave at any time, but I'm stay as long as I can" Sam said.
"Tamora, come see Kat" The twin's friend Evie said.
Tamora approached Evie and Kat and started laughing. Kat was making a funny face, and Tamora copied it. The girls started laughing and made more silly faces.
After an hour it was time a treasure hunt.
"Ok kids, follow the clues and find the treasure" Piper told the children.
"We are going to split up into four teams, team one is with me, so that's Wyatt, Lucy, Lily, Mason, Wendy and Zac" Prue said.
"If you're in team two, you're with me, that's Melinda, Hunter, Lexi, Evan, G.G. and Olivia" Piper said.
"Ok Chris, P.J., Henry Jr., Becky, Sage, Isaac, and Ben, you're with me on team three" Phoebe said.
"Tamora, Kat, Evie, Zuri, Ethan, Eric, Veronica and Peter, you're with me on team four" Paige said.
The children got into their teams. The sisters lead the teams to different areas of the manor. Meanwhile, nine month old Parker, and one month old Payton, both needed a change. So Coop and Andy took care of it.
The treasure hunt continued, and each team followed their leaders and clues to find the treasure. After an hour and a half, Phoebe's team found the treasure first. Paige's team came in second place. Prue's team came in third and Piper's team came in last.
After that, it was time for a supper of pork chops. Henry junior even sat at the table like a big boy for the first time. After supper, Paige and Henry came into the kitchen singing while carrying the cake.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Tamora and Kat, Happy birthday to you."
Paige and Henry placed the cake on the table in-front of the twins, who blew out their candles. After the cake was cut served and eaten, it was time for presents. The girls each got one thing from each family member or guest.
Tamora got a purple Tricycle, plastic high heels, an Alphabet puzzle, a my little pony, a toy cradle, a Barbie book, the complete first season of Max and Ruby, and much more. Kat got a pink Tricycle, an Animal puzzle, a toy carriage, a pony book, the complete first season of the wiggles, a plastic tiara, and much more. They also got, a tea party set, a shopping set, (that included two shopping carts, a cash register, and some products to buy) and a kitchen set for the both of them.
The twins were so excited that they forgot about their party and started playing with all their new toys. The children joined them, so the sisters decided to cancel the rest of the planned activities. That's how the rest of the party was spent.
A week later, everyone was seated for breakfast on Friday morning.
"Don't forget, my play is tonight" Wyatt reminded everyone.
"And so is mine" Chris reminded them.
"Yes, don't worry, Chris you're in the little red riding hood play at 4, and Wyatt you're in the Rapunzel play at 5" Piper recalled.
"Oh and that reminds me, the girls are in the nutcracker play at pre-school on Saturday at noon" Paige remembered.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot" Phoebe stated.
That after noon, Leo retrieved the video camera while Paige and Phoebe picked up the girls from pre-school. Coop took care of Parker, Henry took care of Henry Jr. and Andy took care of Payton. Once they were ready to go, Prue, Andy, Piper, Leo, Coop, Henry, Henry Junior, Parker and Payton met Phoebe, Paige, Melinda, Tamora, Kat and P.J. at the elementary school.
The family sat down in the auditorium, and the lights went off shortly after. The light over the stage came on, as Principal George walked onto the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Westcott elementary school plays" George welcomed.
"Tonight each grade will perform a few scenes from different plays" George continued.
"First we have Mrs. Wellington and Mrs. Hudson's junior and senior kindergarten classes performing little red riding hood" George announced.
George walked off the stage as the kindergarteners took their places. The play began with Zoey as little red riding hood at home talking with her mom who was played by a girl in Chris's class.
"Ok now take these muffins to grandmother's house, don't talk to any wolves" the mom said.
"Don't worry" Zoey replied, picked up the basket of muffins and walked away.
The light went off, as the scene changed into a wood scene. The lights went back on and the second scene started. Zoey was walking across the stage. Then Chris, who played the big bad wolf, walked up to her.
"Well Hello little girl, what is your name" Chris asked.
"I'm little red riding hood" Zoey answered.
"I see, and where are you going with those delicious smelling muffins" Chris asked taking a sniff.
"I'm taking them to grandmother's house" Zoey informed.
"Well do you think I can have just one" Chris asked.
"Sorry Mr. Wolf, these are for grandmother" Zoey replied.
Chris folded his arms as Zoey walked on. The lights went off again, and when they came back on, the scene was in grandmother's house. Chris was dressed as the wolf in a grandmother costume and was sitting on a bench that was being used as a bed, Zoey was near him.
"Hi grandmother, I brought you some muffins" Zoey said.
"Why thank you dear" Chris said like an old lady.
"Why grandmother, what big eyes you have" Zoey said.
"Better to see you with my dear" Chris replied.
"Why grandmother, what big ears you have" Zoey said.
"Better to hear you with my dear" Chris said.
"Why grandmother, what big teeth you have" Zoey said.
"Better to eat you with" Chris growled.
Chris jumped off the bench and threw off his grandmother wig. Zoey screamed, dropped the basket of muffins and ran off the stage. Chris gave the audience an evil grin, picked up the basket and skipped off the stage. Then a girl in SK, dressed as the real grandmother, sat down on the stage behind an invisible closet door, with a cloth covering her mouth, and a rope loosely tied around her hands. Zoey came back onto the stage and opened the invisible door, forgetting to ask where grandmother was before finding her in the closet.
"Oh poor grandmother" Zoey said.
Zoey took off the rope and cloth, and helped the grandmother up/ Then grandmother called the police on a toy phone Piper had lent them. Then two kindergarten boys and one kindergarten girl, dressed as police officers, came onto the stage.
"Hi, we got a call about a wolf" One boy officer said.
"So what did he do" the girl officer asked.
"He broke into my house, tied me up and locked me in the closet" The grandmother explained.
"And he stole my muffins" Zoey added, which made the audience laugh since she wasn't supposed to say that.
"Ok we will get this wolf" The other boy officer said.
To end the play, the three police officers walked off the stage, and grandmother said
"It's a good thing, I made muffins this morning, want one?"
"Of course grandmother" Zoey answered.
The light went off, and when it came back on, only George was on the stage.
"Wasn't that another great riding hood play, anyways meet the cast, we have Talia Hunter as the mother" George announced.
Talia came onto the stage and bowed.
"Meet Zoey almond, who played little red riding hood" George announced.
Zoey came onto the stage and bowed.
"Say hello to Chris Halliwell, he played the big bad wolf" George announced.
Chris came onto the stage and bowed. The family all stood up and clapped.
"Welcome to the stage Brianna Paylor, she played the grandmother" George announced.
Brianna came onto the stage and bowed.
"We have Alex Vault, Connor Field, and Gisellea Hearth as the police officers" George announced.
Alex, Connor and Gisellea walked onto the stage and bowed. Then the rest of the children, who were mostly extras, joined the others on the stage and bowed. Then all the kindergarten students took each other's hands and bowed down to the audience, then walked off the stage waving. Chris joined the family, so he could watch Wyatt in his class play.
"Ok next we have Mrs. Cannon's first grade class performing Rapunzel" George announced and walked off the stage.
The light turned off and then turned back on when everyone was in their places. The first scene was a nursery, with a crib in the middle. Lying in the crib was baby Parker, who was wearing a long wig. (Wyatt had begged to have Parker play baby Rapunzel. It took a while but Phoebe finally gave in.) Kennedy, who played mother Gothel, entered the scene and took Parker out of the crib.
"Hello baby Rapunzel, your hair is so valuable, I'm going to need you to stay with me forever" Kennedy said.
Crying baby sound effects came, and Kennedy carefully ran off the stage holding Parker. (Back stage, Kennedy gave Parker back to Phoebe.) On stage, a boy and girl from Wyatt's class, who played the queen and king ran onto the stage. The girl went to the crib for Rapunzel but gasped when she realized she was gone.
The next scene was in the tower, Dakota, who was playing Rapunzel, was standing at a mirror, brushing a really long wig. Kennedy, walked in.
"Oh mother, since you're here, I need to ask you something" Dakota said.
"What is it dear" Kennedy said as she ran her fingers through the wig.
"I want to leave the tower, just for a short time" Dakota said.
"No, you must stay here, don't ever ask to leave this tower again" Kennedy sternly said and walked off stage.
The light went off as the scene changed. It was then just outside the tower, and Wyatt, who played the prince, was walking towards the tower.
"Hello, anyone home" Wyatt yelled looking up at the tower.
Dakota came to the balcony at the top of the tower.
"Who are you" Dakota asked.
"A lost prince, can I come up and have some water" Wyatt asked messing up his lines.
"Ok, I'll throw down my hair" Dakota said.
Dakota threw down her wig and Wyatt climbed up on it. He was having trouble, so he secretly used his telekinesis power to make the wig rise.
The lights went off as the scene changed back to inside the tower. Playing along with his mistake, Dakota gave Wyatt a pretend glass of water.
"Thank you, what is your name" Wyatt asked.
"Rapunzel, are you up there" a voice from back stage called out.
"Oh no my mother's here, and she hates strangers, you must leave" Dakota said.
Wyatt nodded and jumped out the tower window, he landed on a gymnastics mat that had been placed there for that scene. Then the lights went off as the scene changed back to outside the tower. Wyatt came up to the tower and called out
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair."
Dakota walked onto the balcony and threw down the wig. Like last time, Wyatt secretly used his telekinesis power to get the wig to rise. On the balcony Kennedy appeared.
"Rapunzel what on earth is going on" Kennedy snapped.
"Mother, he's a friend, please, let me leave the tower" Dakota pleaded.
"Fine, but your hair is staying" Kennedy said.
Kennedy couldn't find the prop scissors, so she just grabbed the wig off Dakota's head.
"Leave, but never return, and never tell anyone about this tower, you ungrateful child" Kennedy snapped.
Kennedy then pushed Dakota and Wyatt off the balcony and they landed on the gymnastics mat. Then Wyatt and Dakota walked, as they walked, the rest of the children came on as the locals. The light went off, and when it came back on, only George was on the stage.
"OK, so that wasn't exactly accurate, but well done anyways children" George said.
"Alright let's meet the cast, first we have Dakota Sanders, who plays Rapunzel" George announced.
Dakota came on the stage and bowed.
"We have Kennedy Wild, who played mother Gothel" George announced.
Kennedy walked onto the stage and bowed.
"We have Wyatt Halliwell, who played the prince" George announced.
Wyatt came on the stage and bowed. The family stood up and clapped proudly.
"We have Molly Young, who played the Queen" George announced.
Molly walked onto the stage and bowed.
"We have Austin Cart, who played the king" George announced.
"As a special guest we have Wyatt's baby cousin, Parker Halliwell, who played baby Rapunzel" George announced.
Phoebe carried Parker up onto the stage and half bowed down with her.
"Then we have the rest of the first grade class, who played the local people" George announced.
The rest of Wyatt's class got up and bowed down. The children and Phoebe then took each other's hands and bowed down to the audience. Then everyone left the stage except the principle. The family decided to go home, since none of their children were in any of the other plays.
Wyatt and Chris had fun acting in the plays. On Saturday, the girls put an adorable play of the nut cracker. The adults couldn't wait for the next play.