Jolly Good Fun

This afternoon we went to see a spectacular stage version of "The Wizard of Oz."  It's one of those stories you have memorized, one of those movies that you know all the lines and all the lyrics to, and yet this version was so fresh and fun.  The costumes and performances and that set - all of it worked together to create a really faithful and wonderful version of the story we all know and love.  Maddie, Mom and I sat in our season pass seats, those seats up at the front of the balcony there.   

We're off to see the Wizard!

We really enjoyed this one.  The ride down was easy, and we got to our seats without any problems, nice and early.  At intermission, I usually head out there to get Mom some of those gluten-free chips she likes and a water - and Maddie gets this big ol' pretzel.  This cast was fantastic, and the kids playing the Munchkins were outstanding.  And the dog that played Toto was so well-trained.  Needless to say, we all enjoyed it very much!

Looks like the Wicked Witch of the East had seats right above us!

We got there about an hour early, and you just never know with Atlanta traffic what you'll get.  But it was all okay - the weather was gorgeous outside, something like 75 degrees.  They actually had ice skating out there at the park, which was wild to think of.  But we sat on a bench for a while just watching the families skate, picnic, or just run around and play on the lawn.  It was a really pleasant and restful sort of thing.  And the wooden houses on display there are pretty uniquely painted, all of them designed by local organizations and churches.  It was nice to walk around and have a seat there.

 

We got home after this, and there's so much to eat there - so many leftovers and Factor meals.  We ate well when we got home, and then sat to watch a movie.  We hadn't seen the latest Jurassic Park movie yet, so that was our movie of choice this evening:  Jurassic Park Rebirth.  

It was actually better than I thought it'd be!  We all gave it a thumbs up, a pretty good continuation of the Jurassic Park story with new characters.  I like the explanation about why dinosaurs are not going to be all over teh world so much, and in fact, back in the tropical regions again.  

There's just something about this time of year and dinosaurs... it reminds me of two years ago when we did the Jurassic Park Marathon and then went to see that Jurassic Exhibit on New Year's Day.  

One thing we found out today:  once again, NATURE took out the Gävle Goat.  Two years ago, it was pecked apart and nearly skeletonized by these crazy birds.  The end result was some sort of apocalyptic looking zombie goat.  This year, after Christmas, there was a pretty big wind storm.  You can see videos of the Gävle Goat falling down, blown over by pretty intense winds.  At least it made it to Christmas!

Afterwards, we read from our Monk mystery, and we said our prayers.  Tomorrow is a day of rest for our church, so we might actually go somewhere else to visit tomorrow.  We'll let you know about that this time tomorrow.  Until then... goodnight!