UCONN Theatre's final show of the season this year was HAIR.The final show of the season is always the biggest and the best, so Bob did some wheeling and dealing to make sure we could go. Opening night use to be a tradition; dress up, dinner, show and then the after party.
My play outings have been limited since Tripp was born. If I do go, it is on a Wed night, and Bob stays home with Tripp. Or on a field trip. - Every year that I have been at GHS, I have taken my classes to see the final show at UCONN. Thank goodness Bob made sure we could go to opening, because my class field trip was cancelled due to Swine Flu precautions. So without Bob's deal, I wouldn't have seen the show - and it was a great show!
.......why not get a babysitter and go out more often? They're expensive!! I remember getting anywhere between $2 - 5 dollars, depending on the family and they always set the price. Now the kids want $8 -10! So needless to say, we don't go out much.
So, what was this deal? Alice (our daycare lady) and her family, would watch Tripp while we went out and the following Friday we would watch her daughter (Lian), while she and Boyd enjoyed a night out with Bob's extra compt - tickets. It worked out great and we all were able to go some long deserved dates!
This past Friday, May 1st, it was our turn - I mean, my turn, to babysit Lian. Why my turn? Because Bob went to the Dead Show in Philadelphia with his buddy Mason. He left early Friday morning and went straight to Mason's home. Since he left so early (4am), he was able to spend the day with Mason, Kim and their new daughter, Rhys.
Then it was time to head to the show for some tailgating relaxation!
This concert was Mason's groom's gift to Bob - What a great gift!
We made our mini golf course, with books as ramps and Legos as bridges!
Then we decided to settle down and watch a video. Lian picked Caillou. We had never seen it before so both Tripp & I were curious to see what the show was like - we like it! In one of the episodes we watched Caillou paints a picture for his grandma and experiments with Abstract painting.
We were inspired, so out came the paints!
We experimented with straws, toothbrushes, salt.....
...even baby powder!
...even baby powder!
Later that night at the concert....
Later that night at the home front....
after a short "explore the house" break, we changed into PJs and continued painting! They were loving it! We went through almost 1/2 of a watercolor pad!!!
The next day, we joined our friend Kelly for an art fair in Northampton, Mass.
After we picked up Kelly we decided to stop at a bakery
and grab some cookies for the road - Yummy!
It was an awesome art fair!
Sooooo many ideas - new projects on the horizon!
All of the vendor's were awesome and I was relieved to see many of them are on Etsy!
(So I can shop again later)
is a site were people can buy and sell homemade / handmade items. Love it!
It was also PRIDE Day in Northampton
Northampton, Mass is a college town. It is also a very Green town. Lots of bikes, Natty Food stores, Hemp products, Art Galleries, Music venues, etc....a pretty cool place.
It is a big event and there are vendors, clowns, drag queens, kids, performers, etc...tons of people come out to celebrate diversity & family!
Here we are in front of the giant balloon rainbow.
I have no idea why we are crouching down?!?! We defiantly wanted the balloons in the picture...and I know we started standing up....hhmmm.....curious.
There was even an interpreter for the deaf on stage!
Kelly enjoys her corn dog while Tripp entertains her with a dance
SNAKE!
As you know; Tripp loves Snakes. While at the art fair we ran into a booth full of weird little alien creature and one looks like a snake. Tripp kept yelling Snake! Snake! Snake! and reaching for the plush toy....so Kelly bought it for him as a late birthday gift.
Yup, just another fine lady who's a sucker for the Trippster!
When we got home, Mary & RJ were playing outside and
Tripp greeted them with an enthusiastic Hi!
They played with a big floppy frisbee, ran,
rode bikes and smelled the flowers until it was time to go inside and make dinner.
Bob arrived home later that day, grabbed a nap and headed out to strike. (Strike is when they tear down the play set) Strike went from 10:30pm - 5am. Bob slept until 1pm the next day and was there to get Tripp up from his nap. :-)
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You were literally a block from our house and we didn't see you? not cool lady :P
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