Today was HISD's Fall Holiday (it's Rosh Hashanah), so Will didn't have school. We were so excited to be able to spend a lazy morning at home. Between school, early soccer games, and Sunday school, relaxed mornings are rare around here! The boys were excited to help make cinnamon-apple pancakes for breakfast.
The boys played together all morning until we went to see Houston Grand Opera's Opera To Go performance of
The Velveteen Rabbit at Miller Outdoor Theatre.
There was plenty of seating, but we packed our blanket and a picnic lunch and sat on the grassy hill.
The show was
really good! Even Henry was completely entranced by it and sat and watched the entire thing. We've read
The Velveteen Rabbit several times, so the boys knew the plot, but Henry was still very concerned that the Velveteen Rabbit was going to be thrown out. He could definitely understand the little boy's love for his special bunny and how a stuffed animal could become "real." I think there may be a new believer in the Nursery Fairy at our house.
After the show and our picnic lunch, Henry wanted to race up and down the hill at Hermann Park.
And then no one was ready to go home, so we took a quick trip through the MFAH. The big King Tut exhibit is coming!
And we ended our adventures with some yummy frozen yogurt at Tutti Frutti.
I have to say that it's weird to have a holiday in the middle of a week, but it was really nice to have Will around on a weekday. We had the perfect fall holiday, even if it was pushing 90* and didn't feel particularly fall-like at all!
No comments:
Post a Comment