A Christmas Carol with Mama and Papa

Ever since I was a little girl my dad has loved "A Christmas Carol". We would watch it every single Christmas Eve.  I loved watching my dad get ready to watch his favorite Christmas show.  Still to this day if you go to my parents house on Christmas eve you will find my dad and mom watching it.

So you can only imagine how excited we were when my parents asked us to go with them to Hales Center Theater to watch A Christmas Carol.  We got there a bit early and were able to get some pictures in their beautiful lobby.  Then we headed across the street and ate dinner at Costa Vida.  Then it was time to watch the show.  And what an amazing show it was.

The play was so good.  They did a great job.  The role of the Narrator and Scrooges nephew looked just like Mr. Shoop from Glee.  He did an amazing job.  Scrooge stole the show though.  He was amazing.  He had more energy than most people and just did an amazing job.  The kids had a lot of fun.  They love to go to plays.  They had begged us to take them to see the Forgotten Carols this year and when we didn't they were disappointed. I think this helped them feel much better.  They couldn't stop talking about the rotating stage and all the characters.  We love watching the theater come to life.  They were both impressed with the special effects.  It was fun to see their excitement. 

Thanks Mama and Papa for taking us.  We loved it.  Can't wait to go again...

Practically Perfect in Every Way

I have been wanting to go to a musical for such a long time.

I love the theater.  

Maybe it is in my blood, whatever it is I love it.

When I was driving down the freeway and saw the billboard for Mary Poppins I knew we had to go.

I debated back and forth about who to take and finally decided on just Emma and I.

Emma doesn't really know Mary Poppins.

She has seen the movie once and she was only a little girl.

So on the way there I just gave her a brief summary.

Once we finally parked the car we had 15 minutes to grab a bite to eat.

We ran to Gandolfo's which is close to the theater.

We inhaled our food and made it to Capital Theater just in time.
Emma was cute, she kept asking "how much more time do we have?"
She wanted to make sure we made it in time for the show.

Emma was so cute and chill about all the craziness.  

Hmmm, she must be use to me being her mom.

Emma's very first musical

A view from our seats

(and yes his head was HUGE)

My favorite Emma

So the play was AMAZING!!!

I loved looking over at Emma and seeing the excitement in her eyes.

She loved every minute.  (even Feed the Birds)

During intermission I showed her around the theater and she was in awe. 

She thought we had better seats than just about anyone.

We were up in the mezzanine so maybe not but I love that she thought that.

She couldn't get over that Mary Poppins flew out into the crowd, Bert walked on the ceiling, 

and Mary Poppins pulled huge things out of her bag?!?

The magic of the theater is unreal. 

I will have to say for a first time show Mary Poppins was

"Practically Perfect in Every way"

A real must see.

Emma and I couldn't stop talking about it the whole way home.

Such a fun date with my favorite little miss Emma

Beauty and the Beast Spring 2012 here we come!