Jon & Kate Plus 8 - Gosselins Take the Stage

Gosselins Take the Stage
Mady and Cara organize a family fashion show which showcases each Gosselin's individual personality; the morphing fashions of Kate Gosselin.

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I'm looking forward to seeing the kids play dress-up just because they're so cute!

Mady and Cara are planning a talent show. It's up to them to teach the little kids a talent so they can put on a show. Mady's desperately trying to think of things to teach her little brothers and sisters. Jon claims that the kids don't really have any talents, but Kate counters that they are only 3. It's true...most 3 year olds don't really understand the concept of talents yet. Jon claims he is not talented at all and asks Kate if her talent is parenting.

Cara is desperately trying to teach Collin how to recognize letters, but he doesn't seem to be able to recognize anything but the letters C and A. Aaden decided he was going to be a horse and they were going to have Leah ride him. Unfortunately, the talent show seems to be going down the tubes quickly because the kids aren't ready at all. Alexis is ready for snack time and Hannah decides she wants to lay down.

As the chaos continued, it was determined that a talent show wasn't going to work out very well. So instead, the family figured that it would be better for them to have a dress-up show.

It's decided that we're going to take a trip down memory lane with Kate's wardrobe. In the beginning of the show, Kate had a terrible wardrobe. Before her tummy tuck, she said she wasn't going to worry about what she wore because she had babies to take care of and had a horrible body. But after Kate's tummy tuck, she took more of an interest in what she has on and wants to look better. Jon thinks that Kate has anti-aged and looks better as the years have gone by. Jon's wardrobe is also scrutinized and he says that fashion is important to him. Mady's into comfort and Cara's into fashion. Hannah chooses her own clothes. Leah likes specific things that have come into her life. Alexis and the boys really don't care about what they wear.

The kids love to play dress up and do it as often as they possibly can. So it's just normal for them to do a fashion show.

In order to get ready, the family divided into 2 groups. Each parents was going to dress 4 kids and send them out into the family room for everyone to see.

Leah came out first wearing a princess skirt, shawl, and a shiny purse. Joel had a fireman outfit. Cara had a fun pink outfit with pearls. Hannah finished up with a red sparkly outfit.

Next, Kate's group headed back and Mady was super upset to find out that the outfit she wanted to wear was thrown out. So she decided she was done and gave Jon a huge attitude about it. But Kate promised that she'd find something great anyway and she ended up dressing up in the end.

Collin came out wearing a policeman's outfit. Alexis wore these cute fairy wings and a princess skirt. Leah dressed up again as a troll with beats. Aaden wore another policeman outfit. And Mady came out with a horse, a blonde wig and some heels. All so cute.

No Gosselin event would be complete without some sort of meltdowns. The first came when Mady got tripped by Cara, ripped her outfit off, and started screaming.

The kids were able to entertain themselves when they realized the policeman outfit came with plastic handcuffs. So the kids had a blast handcuffing themselves to each other. So funny. Mady enjoyed having a kid being attached to her, too.

As the kids started to get louder, Kate decided she'd had enough and told Jon to get the kids to bed. He decided that it was too early and they could still play.

More drama ensued when Joel took something from Collin and Kate gave out the stink eye and demanded that Joel apologize. Yikes. I'd be scared if I got that kind of face from her. No wonder Joel kind of hid from her for awhile.

As the kids started to clean up, they were still playing around with each other. You can see that they really enjoy playing with each other and it's so fun to see them interacting. And as Kate said, these are the fun memories that the kids will remember. They're going to remebere spending time together more than they will going on random trips and being forced to go places. Looking back, that's what my brother and I remember.

SassySarah's Review: The kids were cute and had a good time. Two thumbs up.