Taking the Kids to a Play

Makena was in a play this week about a boy only a couple of inches tall, and how he fights different monsters, like a rat and a hornet. we thought the kids would like it so we decided to take all of them. Some of the scenes are from the perspective of the boy. the first one was a rat that stood about 12 feet tall. because of the theme and the artistic direction of the show, the rat ended up looking like a skeleton rat. when i first saw it, i thought that the kids would be scared, but they all seemed to be watching it, and not breaking down. later, tanya tells me that Emma was shaking. next came a coppa, that was like a big bug, no worries there. after that a nice shiny fish, no problems. after that a hornet came, and the boys watch it, and later James tells me the favorite part was when the boy pulls out the hornets stinger.

then came the oshi.

he stood about 15 feet, looked pretty mean, growled a lot and throwing people around. the boy shows up to fight him, and James is curled up in a ball on my lap. Ben is kinda freaking out, and i can't tell if its cause the boy gets eaten by the oshi, (cause there was a lot there to be frightened of), but right as the boy is getting swallowed by the demon, Ben starts to cry out, 'No, No, NOOOOOOO,' and Emma is already crying, and Tanya takes em out.

Several people after around us were looking around with little grins at the reactions of the younger twins, and after the show two or three different people kinda randomly approach the kids and explain that it wasnt real, it was all fake, we should go back stage and let the kids touch the monster.

In the car Joseph is explaining how he liked the show, and wishes we could buy it, to watch at home. James keeps interrupting him, 'Listen,' and proceeds to tell him that the show was too scary, with Ben backing him up.

in the hopes of getting some sleep, and washing the scary away, we all went to have ice cream at Dairy Queen after.