pinkalicious

We had a fun outing yesterday.  I took two very excited girls,  Eloise and her friend Isa, to see the musical Pinkalicious at the Emerald City Theater.  This show is based on the very popular, and much loved in our house, book of the same name.  Its about a girl who eats too many pink cupcakes, turns pink and then has to eat all kinds of healthy green foods to return to the right shade.  You might be wondering how they made an hour long musical out of that and I was dubious as well, but it was darling.  Great songs, funny characters and a nice little sideline plot about Pinkalicious's younger brother loving the color pink but having to hide it because people will make fun of him.  Eloise told me later that it is okay for boys to like the color pink and that people like different things and that doesn't make them weird.  Well done, Emerald City!

If you have kiddies ages 3-12, check out the Emerald City Theater.  They do great productions of some of the classics and some interpretations of popular kids books and they do them in a very age appropriate
way.  This is fantastic for us because Eloise is super sensitive to things that are mildly scary or even suspenseful or loud.  They also make it fun for this age group by inviting the kids to do a great craft beforehand in the lobby for each show.  The kids can go up on the stage before and after the production and look at the props and scenery, and after the show, the actors are in the lobby signing autographs, posing for pictures, and making the kids laugh.

 starting off the day of fun with a little craft at our house

they made pink paper cupcakes

"my colors are blush and bashful..."

being silly at lunch before the show

of course, there must be ice cream

craft in the theater lobby

up on stage before the show

 (I'm not sure why Eloise pretended to be frozen)

with Peter and Pinkalicious after

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