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I apologize if these detailed posts about our trip bore you, but I want to have it all here so it can be included in the blog book. We left off on Tuesday of our visit. We had a pretty slow day on Tuesday. We slept in, took the kids in the spa, then that afternoon we went with my mom to her choir rehearsal. My mom conducts the Intermediate choir in the Southern California Children's Chorus. As part of a reward for a fundraiser she dressed up as Cruella DeVille for her rehearsal. We tagged along to help her out, take pictures, and dogsit Chloe. Her choir moms dressed up as puppies. Aren't they great?
We didn't get home until the kid's bedtime that night, but I thought it was fun going to choir again. Ian and I went out for ice cream after the kids were in bed. Yay for dates!

Wednesday was my birthday! It snuck up on me this year. I can't believe I'm 27. It sounds so adult. I got to sleep in again. When I woke up Ian asked what I wanted for breakfast and I said a donut! I miss real donuts, so I try to have one when I'm in CA. Ian was getting all ready to take the kids to get donuts when I went out to the dining room and there was the big pink box of donuts already on the table with a Happy Birthday note from my dad. He's the best.

We were lazy and all watched Beauty and the Beast after breakfast. By noon we were finally ready for the day. We went to Target (of course) with Auntie Jules, then we all went out to lunch at BJ's. I wanted my birthday pizookie. It was delicious.
Later that afternoon we drove to LA with my parents to go see CATS. We got there in plenty of time, so we wandered down Hollywood Blvd. and found a little pizza place where we could eat out on the patio and watch all the St. Patrick's Day crazies.
When it was time for the show we walked back down to the theater and met up with Jules, Kurt (Jules's boyfriend), Ashlee (who did my hair), and Daniel (Ashlee's boyfriend). Joy and Jim got there after we had sat down. I wasn't really sure what to expect from the show, but I loved it!

It was not your typical musical. There wasn't much plot to speak of. The lyrics of the songs didn't even really help you understand what was going on because they are all taken from T.S. Elliot's poems written in 1939. But the singing and dancing was fantastic. The story was basically about this group of cats who meet once a year. The purpose of their meeting is to choose the one among them who will be re-born to a new cat life. The rest of the show introduces a bunch of different cats and tells about their talents and personalities. The point being that cats are much like us. Anyway, my favorite parts were the dance sequence in the first act, Grizzabella singing Memory (seriously, goosebumps), and Gus the Actor cat. It was such a fun thing to do for my birthday! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Next trip post . . . beach day! Stay tuned.