We had two field trips this month. For our first trip, we went to a puppet show performance at the Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. John stayed home to watch Piper while I went to with Brody. We were nicely dressed and had a great time with everyone. We had to wait outside for awhile until the show started, but his teachers brought cookies for snacks and it made the wait worth it. Who's that good-looking, grown-up boy in the center?!
A little goofing off before the show. It is hard to keep all these boys so still. As we waited for all of our group to show up, we took the boys over to a very large artistic structure-like tower. They loved running through it, yelling and hearing the echo. Also, I'd like to take this time to point out that the building behind the kids is John's old building his company was in. It is a great looking building, and I miss visiting it, but we sure don't miss the drive it took to get there. He is in Irvine now and it is great.
One good looking group of kids. There are a few extras since they invited some of the 3-year old class to come.
We had to line up just before we entered the theater.
A few of the boys: Gerard, Christian, Brody, Shane, and Dominic.
A little goofing off before the show. It is hard to keep all these boys so still. As we waited for all of our group to show up, we took the boys over to a very large artistic structure-like tower. They loved running through it, yelling and hearing the echo. Also, I'd like to take this time to point out that the building behind the kids is John's old building his company was in. It is a great looking building, and I miss visiting it, but we sure don't miss the drive it took to get there. He is in Irvine now and it is great.
One good looking group of kids. There are a few extras since they invited some of the 3-year old class to come.
We had to line up just before we entered the theater.
A few of the boys: Gerard, Christian, Brody, Shane, and Dominic.
Getting a little tired waiting around.
Yeah, we are in the theater now! Just minutes till show time.
The production was called Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia. They did 3 stories from Leo Lionni's works SWIMMY, INCH BY INCH and FREDERICK. I had no idea what I was in for and was not familar with these books, but I was really impressed with it all. They did the Swimmy story with like shadow puppets behind a screen and the all the boys agreed that it was the coolest. The other two were done like a normal puppet show would (I don't know all the puppet terminology) and had the best visuals. I think Inch By Inch was my favorite because the puppets were so visual exciting and the story was cute. Apparently these are classic books, so maybe I need to go get some. After the show was over the puppeteers came out and explained how they do it all. The girl in the center and the man were the two that you saw with the puppets and the other lady was a stage hand. It took only those 3 to make the story work.
Here she is showing us the fish from the story Swimmy and how it works.
It was really fun and so much better than I expected. Puppet shows have really come long way. The kids loved it too. I am so glad John was able to stay home and hang with Piper so I could have some time out with Brody.
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THose little boys all dressed up in their Sunday-best look so handsome! :) Fun field trips.
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