Thursday, February 10, 2005
Sesame Street Live
We had a very busy and very fun weekend. It started with Pizza Night on Friday evening. Nora and I wanted to do something fun with the kids for dinner without going out some place. I stopped by the store on the way home from work and picked up Boboli pizza crusts, pizza sauce in a squeeze bottle, and gobs of shredded mozzarella cheese. Pierce and Anna both got to make their own, kid-sized pizza (with a little help from Mom and Dad) and Nora and I made our own vegetarian deluxe. Both kids were so excited when their individual pizzas came out of the oven and Pierce was quite enthralled by the pizza cutter. The best news of all was that they snarfed their creations. Nora is quite enthusiastic about including pizza night as a regular event in our house. I'd like to figure out another food that the kids can also help make, but am coming up blank. If you've got any ideas please email or post them to us.
Saturday morning we took Pierce and Anna to see Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Coloring Book. It was a hit. Both kids sat in rapture through it with Pierce talking to the characters when they asked the crowd questions and singing along to the better known songs. Anna was entranced and really only started to lose focus in the last 10 minutes of the show. Nora and I really enjoyed it too -its the first time we've taken the kids to see something like this. I thinks the only downside was how expensive it was -Ticketmaster has got to be the biggest ripoff on the planet: $5 convenience fee per ticket for purchasing over the internet and $1.25 fee per ticket for printing my own tickets instead of going to Will Call. Sigh.
After we got home and got the kids lunch, Nora's Mom watched Pierce and Anna while we went to go look at dogs (we're looking for a pet). We came up empty this time around but did take Pierce and Anna with us on Sunday to look for likely candidates. We haven't found a dog yet, but Pierce and Anna LOVE going to the pet store. They were great with the dogs but also couldn't get enough of the fish, gerbils, hampsters, and birds. They even like the aquarium decoration section! We're planning on taking them with us on future outings to find a new pet for our home.
Saturday afternoon (that's right, we're still on the same day) we went to the Deaver's house for their children's joint birthday party. The party's theme was knights and dragons and there appeared to be about 20 children running around with balloon swords, plastic knight helmets, princess hats, and king's crowns. Everyone had a blast!. The highlight had to be the pinata. Each child took three wacks at it (including Anna with a little help from me). Ultimately it took Brook about 5 minutes of seriously hard slugging to get the thing to break. By the time he was done practically every plastic toy in the pinata had been broken. As usual we outlasted the crowd and got to spend some quality time with the Deaver clan before calling it a night.
Sunday we skipped our usual gym trip and went out to a family breakfast at First Watch (in lieu of our usual IHOP trip). A very pleasant experience. While IHOP food is good, the crowds are so bad Nora and I always feel like herded cattle. The tables are so close together we practically bump elbows with those at other tables. This was a much more pleasant experience and one we plan on repeating. The only hiccup in the experience was that I left the "leftovers" on top of the car as we pulled away. I noticed when we turned a corner and a cup of milk skittered across the street. Nora and I are still in mourning of the kid's pancakes we were going to eat when Pierce and Anna weren't looking. To the best of my recollection this is the first time I've ever left anything on top of a car. Nora claims the only time she's done it was under the same circumstances; when's its raining and you're trying to get the kids into the car quickly.
As already mentioned, from the restaurant we went and looked at potential pets. We went home so I could pick up my car and went to the pet store separately so I could pick up my brand new suit (yea, the first one I've bought in about 8 years) on the way and stuff it in my suitcase -I had to fly to New Jersey when we were done looking at dogs.
As usual, the weekend went by way to fast.
-Eric (Dad)
Saturday morning we took Pierce and Anna to see Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Coloring Book. It was a hit. Both kids sat in rapture through it with Pierce talking to the characters when they asked the crowd questions and singing along to the better known songs. Anna was entranced and really only started to lose focus in the last 10 minutes of the show. Nora and I really enjoyed it too -its the first time we've taken the kids to see something like this. I thinks the only downside was how expensive it was -Ticketmaster has got to be the biggest ripoff on the planet: $5 convenience fee per ticket for purchasing over the internet and $1.25 fee per ticket for printing my own tickets instead of going to Will Call. Sigh.
After we got home and got the kids lunch, Nora's Mom watched Pierce and Anna while we went to go look at dogs (we're looking for a pet). We came up empty this time around but did take Pierce and Anna with us on Sunday to look for likely candidates. We haven't found a dog yet, but Pierce and Anna LOVE going to the pet store. They were great with the dogs but also couldn't get enough of the fish, gerbils, hampsters, and birds. They even like the aquarium decoration section! We're planning on taking them with us on future outings to find a new pet for our home.
Saturday afternoon (that's right, we're still on the same day) we went to the Deaver's house for their children's joint birthday party. The party's theme was knights and dragons and there appeared to be about 20 children running around with balloon swords, plastic knight helmets, princess hats, and king's crowns. Everyone had a blast!. The highlight had to be the pinata. Each child took three wacks at it (including Anna with a little help from me). Ultimately it took Brook about 5 minutes of seriously hard slugging to get the thing to break. By the time he was done practically every plastic toy in the pinata had been broken. As usual we outlasted the crowd and got to spend some quality time with the Deaver clan before calling it a night.
Sunday we skipped our usual gym trip and went out to a family breakfast at First Watch (in lieu of our usual IHOP trip). A very pleasant experience. While IHOP food is good, the crowds are so bad Nora and I always feel like herded cattle. The tables are so close together we practically bump elbows with those at other tables. This was a much more pleasant experience and one we plan on repeating. The only hiccup in the experience was that I left the "leftovers" on top of the car as we pulled away. I noticed when we turned a corner and a cup of milk skittered across the street. Nora and I are still in mourning of the kid's pancakes we were going to eat when Pierce and Anna weren't looking. To the best of my recollection this is the first time I've ever left anything on top of a car. Nora claims the only time she's done it was under the same circumstances; when's its raining and you're trying to get the kids into the car quickly.
As already mentioned, from the restaurant we went and looked at potential pets. We went home so I could pick up my car and went to the pet store separately so I could pick up my brand new suit (yea, the first one I've bought in about 8 years) on the way and stuff it in my suitcase -I had to fly to New Jersey when we were done looking at dogs.
As usual, the weekend went by way to fast.
-Eric (Dad)
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