I Caved

Well, I succumbed to the Disney juggernaut and took the kids to see the touring company of "High School Musical" on Saturday. It was a lot of fun (are you jealous, Aunt C?). Of course, the voices were very good; the sets were cool (basketballs dropped from the ceiling during "Get'cha Head in the Game). Mostly when I see a Broadway show, I just think about how freakin' hard it is to get one of those jobs (this from personal experience), so I'm just happy they're all gainfully employed.

I resisted allowing HSM into our lives for a long time. Then I finally thought "Well, why exactly?" Mostly because it's Disney, and I detest their insidious marketing to children (although McDonald's is worse).

But I love musicals (Disney's among them), so I broke down and rented it with the kids. It's pretty harmless, despite the fact that real people don't look the way these kids do (they're so clean!). It's basically "Grease," only a lot less raunchy. And the heroine doesn't have to dress like a ho for a happy ending. So I guess it's OK. What was hilarious was that M4 loved it as much as M3, and he danced around the house afterwards singing the songs.

And dang it, even I catch myself singing the songs...

Nooooooooooo....

It's snowing. Much crying and gnashing of teeth.

The new glasses

Well, here they are! Of course, she was amazed at how much better she could see after she put them on. She is excited about them, but I feel at bit sad that this is the beginning of her life as a visually impaired person like myself. She does look awful cute in them, though, dontcha think?


Here is a photo from swimming lessons. And finally, with some art work that was selected for the area elementary art show.

M4 in his first advertisement

Somehow M4 ended up in an ad for our college art gallery's community day. This is the photo for the ad. That's his good buddy H with him. They've got some goofy smiles!

Happy Easter!

Uh huh, snow. Flurrying all day. But a lovely Easter anyway with Nana and Boppa and our international "daughter" and her beau.

Speech

I don't usually put my politics out there, but I am now...this guy could be our next President. Just close your eyes, picture George Bush, then do that weird morphy thing they did in that Michael Jackson video until it turns into Barack Obama. Then breathe a sigh of relief. Oh yeah, and vote. (P.S. This speech is over 30 minutes long, but listen or read the transcript when you get a chance.)

Poor genes

Well, it finally happened. I refer to M3's visit to the eye doctor this morning...yup, she's getting her first pair of glasses!! And they are really cute: purple and green, small lenses. It made me think about the Coke-bottle-bottoms they called glasses when I was little. I wore a lovely series of those throughout my childhood. I'll post a picture of M3 in her cute new ones next week, and maybe I can find an old picture of me for comparison. I'm sure the kids will laugh their heads off!

Spring break has been pretty dreary thus far, exacerbated by the fact that I am teaching extra classes for people who have gone away (not that I am begrudging them their break...they definitely deserve and need it!) but mostly because it has been horribly cloudy and grey. Today the sun is finally out...hooray!

My parents lent us Season One of The Wire of which I watched two episode last night. Um, I could have watched all night, but thought better of it.

Nana and Boppa will arrive later today for an Easter visit. The Easter Bunny is on his way!