After all our Halloween festivities, we made an effort to tone down the events for November. But, birthday parties come about, great opportunities present itself to have friends over for a Mega Bloks party, and Dinosaur Train Live rolls into the Fox Theater for a production. And just like, we're as busy as we were in October.
That's okay. I think secretly, deep down inside, I live for these things.
When else can you justify having 5 of your girlfriends over with their kids for a play date that includes FREE toys?! And coupons for Christmas gifts?! Please. Thanks, House Party!!
We enjoyed some trail mix (a.k.a everything I had in my cupboard that I could possible combine together as a snack - and hey - it was tasty!), grapes, and the songs that the Billy Beats Piano provided us. As annoying as the toy can be, the kids loved it. And I love that I set it aside and plan to re-wrap it for one of Evan's Christmas gifts.
Thankfully, we're going on two weekends in a row of everyone in our house being healthy ::knocks on wood furiously::. So, I was thrilled to take Sean out tonight for a very special night out with mommy. We headed down to the Fox Theater with Aunt Jackie and cousin Adelaide to see Dinosaur Train Live.
It was so fun to see the Fox and other parts of Detroit all ready for Christmas! Gosh, the trees they put up in the Fox Theater and the nutcrackers are absolutely stunning.
I guess I should talk about the show. It was quite possibly the strangest theatrical production I've seen yet, but it had some great moments and the kids loved the songs. Sean has seen Dinosaur Train a few times, but doesn't know the names of the characters by heart and he still seemed to enjoy it. I think the hardest part was getting over the fact that people weren't wearing costumes. They were attached to large stuffed puppets with wire contraptions. I don't see the benefit to this at all. Luckily, it didn't make Sean question it at all. But, Jackie and I exchanged a few questioning looks.
The kids enjoyed it, nonetheless. They stuffed their faces with popcorn and fought each other with glow sticks that were $10 each and hopefully worth every penny.
Sean asked if we could go back to the theater tomorrow to see it again, so I'm sure he had a great time.
As for the rest of this month...we have delicious food to look forward to with Thanksgiving at my parents' house and the official start of the holiday season according to Scott. We'll probably put up the tree and decorate the house on Friday while we're home together.
It's going to go by so fast. I can tell already. So, the rest of our weekend is wide open with time to enjoy as a family before the craziness of the holiday season starts next week.
Note to self: Pause a few times during this season to marvel in it all. They're only this little for a short while.
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