My good friend Margie gifted us with some tickets to see Peter Pan at the Riverside Fox Theater.  We were so excited to go, especially since the two youngest, Marco and Naomi, had no idea!  

They love watching Peter Pan on DVD, so imagine their surprise to be able to see it LIVE? 

We practically live around the corner from downtown Riverside and the Mission Inn area.

We were at the cross walk and they still didn't notice the marquee. haha!

 It wasn't until we were taking this picture of them that they started to get an idea as to what was going on.  Seriously made me laugh!

 The list of cast members that night.

 In this picture, they are completely aware of what they are doing there and who they were going to see. 

 Thanks to Margie (Cathy Rigby's sister-in-law) and Michelle (her niece), we also got to meet Cathy!! The two youngest actually went back stage to meet her and then she told Michelle to bring all of us for a photo or two.

 She was so sweet (and petite!!) and took lots of time with my kids.  She was giving them Fairy Dust out of her pouch and filling up their pockets with it!  Look at Naomi in the picture above.  Can you tell she was excited? =) 

 We had a wonderful evening.  The show was magical and my two youngest got their first "broadway" experience.  

Peter Pan to the audience: Do you believe in fairies?

Marco and Naomi *at the top of their lungs*: YES!! We do! We do!

Simple Things ~ My Shadow...

A friend of ours is related to Cathy Rigby who stars in the musical Peter Pan.  After attending the show with her friend, my daughter Taryn received the DVD from Cathy.  My kids were so excited to watch it.  My two youngest had never seen it before and were glued to every song and word that came out of Peter's mouth.  On the day this photo was taken, we were going back into the house after a bug hunt and Marco noticed his shadow.  He kept saying that it was stuck to him and it wouldn't fall off.  I didn't know why he kept saying it and then I remembered Peter Pan.  It's so funny the things they pick up.  Here's a little part of the script where Peter returns to Wendy's house in search of the shadow he lost... 

From Peter Pan by James M. Barrie

Tink said that the shadow was in the big box. She meant the chest of drawers, and Peter jumped at the drawers, scattering their contents to the floor with both hands, as kings toss ha'pence to the crowd. In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.

If he thought at all, but I don't believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water, and when they did not he was appalled. He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom, but that also failed. A shudder passed through Peter, and he sat on the floor and cried.