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Adventures in Manhattan

Dec 23, 2015 00:35

Since planning a birthday party the week before Christmas was insanity, I decided to forego a 50th birthday party in favour of a 50 Years and a Black Belt party in June (assuming I manage to survive that long *g*), and instead we took a family trip to New York City for a long weekend. (I've been trying to get us all to NYC for a couple of years, ( Read more... )

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moth2fic December 23 2015, 09:45:25 UTC

Sounds like an absolutely wonderful way to celebrate! It's great when your kids start enjoying the theatre and concerts with you. Christmas will almost be a come-down after all that!

przed December 23 2015, 13:53:53 UTC

It was a great trip, filled with just enough fun things, but not so many as to be overwhelming.

I'm hoping Ros will continue to be open to theatre and concerts. They're certainly big things for the Sweetie and me. Christmas will be the usual low key occasion at my mum's, but given how swamped I am these days that's an entirely good thing.

Happy Christmas to you and yours!

halotolerant December 23 2015, 10:02:34 UTC

Wow, that all looks so awesome! So glad you guys had a great time *g* You're certainly giving Ros a wide range of live musical experiences! I'm glad Gary's musical was (mostly) good - I liked the original film. Did you hear the rumour about Mark maybe being onstage in London in War of the Worlds? That could be your next excuse to visit the UK!

I saw the documentary on the BBC yesterday and it didn't have a huge amount of new content but the interviews were sweet AND the concert footage was a different edit to the DVD, including a slo-mo of much of 'Flaws' and a CLOSE UP OF THE END, which I am annoyed the DVD eschews in favour of a picture of Gary...

przed December 23 2015, 14:04:18 UTC

Our taste is nothing if not eclectic! Gary's musical was really quite good. Astonishingly so. (At the interval, even the Sweetie turned to me with a surprised look and told me he thought it was good.) It's also a total tearjerker at the end. I, and all the other middle-aged moms were dabbing our eyes. Ros, on the other hand, was just looking at the adults around her and trying to figure out which ones were crying. Given how much certain things affect her, she can also have a heart of stone. If only I could figure out which things will get her and which ones won't ( ... )

soundofthesurf December 23 2015, 11:51:07 UTC

Aww, great pictures! Looks like a lot of fun was had by all! \o/ And extra kudos for liking the Barlow musical!

przed December 23 2015, 14:06:01 UTC

Hey there! We had such a good time. And the Barlow musical was really good. (And you know what it costs me to admit that. *g*)

Hope you have a lovely holiday and they don't make you work too much!

miwahni December 23 2015, 12:10:31 UTC

Ice skating is something I'd love to try so I'm quite green with envy here. It does look like you had a lot of fun on your weekend away, you certainly crammed enough in. Fantastic that Ros enjoyed the opera, too.

przed December 23 2015, 14:09:21 UTC

I got thrown on skates when I was around three, and that's what I did with Ros. She's now in her third year of figure skating (she's a better skater than I'll ever be) and I take her to the free skate at a local rink every Saturday night.

The weekend was lovely, and while busy, didn't feel overly busy. I'm considering it a win that Ros gave the opera a thumbs up.

sarren December 23 2015, 12:58:41 UTC

Yay for having such a great time, what lovely photos. Ros is sooo big now, awww.

przed December 23 2015, 14:10:47 UTC

It was a lovely weekend. Ros is getting big, isn't she. I was looking at pics from our first visit to Disney and she was barely at my waist!