Opening Night

Friday night was Opening Night for James and the Giant Peach. Here's a picture of M and her friend Anna. It was a good show - a few missed lines, but unless your daughter was in the play and told you about the mistakes, you would not have noticed.

Since Friday, the Hobbled Runner has seen the play 3 times, Mom 2, and the Dude 3 times. On the whole I'd much rather watch the same play a dozen times than spend 10 hours on a baseball diamond for the weekly tournaments that most kids have to endure. [OK - maybe not a fair shot at kids' sports, but a work colleague has a 9 year old daughter - same age as M who is involved in their city's softball league. They have twice (sometimes thrice) weekly practices, games every weekend, and rather frequent tournaments - often on Sundays - and lasting most of the day. Can you tell who never played sports as a small kid???] Yes, give me a theater performance over kids sports any day.