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Spring Break and All I Got Was Three Lousy Pictures...

Rose had time over break to put on some puppet shows for us.

Last week was spring break for George and Rose (does that make it "spring work" for me?). We had fun. We hardly did any of the spring cleaning that was our goal, but George did get some garden seeds started and I at least began to go through the piles of photos, art supplies, and other junk that has been stashed in the basement for a few years.

We went to Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minnesota for one night. It's just over an hour north of us, and the hotel and waterpark were considerably cheaper there than in the Twin Cities. Above the kids are watching the TV and George is reading the newspaper. We don't go away to get away, we go away to watch cable TV, as you can see! I got in a little Food Network porn (don't ya just love Giada's kitchenware?--porn for women). The kids got to watch some cartoons, and George and Elijah watched "Warriors" on the History Channel.

And oh, the hot tub and water park were fun too. Didn't taken any pictures though.

Didn't take any pictures of the beautiful, sunny day in Minneapolis yesterday either. Just this shot of George, Rose and Elijah sitting in the cramped but historic seats of the Thrust Stage at the Guthrie Theater. They're waiting for the family production of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona to begin. It was so fun. Director Joe Dowling chose to set the 1594 play in 1955, with 50s music and dancing to boot.

Now the kids have seen The Taming of the Shrew done in Harley biker style and Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1950s Bebop style.

For me it was just a treat to be back in the thrust stage theater, even in a new Guthrie. The other stages, while lovely, are just imposters...

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Judy T said…
It looks like you had a great time. We watched the Warriors thing as well- I was a little disappointed.
It's great that your children love Shakespeare. Mine haven't seen much live stage but they like Shakespeare plays.
I hope things are warming up for you with the approach of spring
Judy
7:06 PM
Anonymous said…
We always end up gorging on TV when we're on vacation since we don't watch at home...good to know it's not just us :-)
8:42 PM
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