Max and Ruby

Friday I took the kids to the local children's theatre to see Max & Ruby. The play is based on a popular Nick Jr show which is based on fabulous books written by Rosemary Wells. I was a little nervous because Amelia didn't do very well at the Backyardigans show this summer, but she was good until literally the last scene. Seth was in awe the whole time. I think he has inherited both his parents' interest in live theater (A little Mayse trivia: Nathan proposed to me after we had seen Man of La Mancha). Seth and his buddy, Landon (it was 18 degrees when we left the house that morning...I am so glad that mornings like that are few and far between around here!)

A quick picture of the stage prior to the show...the house opened up to an interior, spun around to turn into grandma's attic, which opened up to be the kids' bedrooms, and the fences turned spun around into bookshelves. It was a six member cast, the four supporting actors played everything from Ruby's friends to stuffed animals brought to life...which didn't trick Seth. At home he told me the grandma turned into a lobster (and he was right!).