Sunday, March 30, 2014
Mom and Grandma's Birhtday
My Mom and Grandma's birthday is really on the 26th, but we celebrated part of it. My Grandma came up, and my 2 aunts, Auntie Meg, and Auntie Shana. First we went to the Museum of Fine Arts, witch is located in Boston. We left at 1:45,and left at 4:15. Anyways, the pieces of art were truly amazing. There were a lot by Claude Monet, and Vincent Van Gogh. Those artists are very good!! What was cool was that some of the pieces of art were made out of clay, wood (etc.) And it showed me how they have very different styles of art in different cultures. And a lot of the paintings were based on a real time, or person, or a thing, or a pattern. That my first time there, but it was AWESOME!! Then at 4:10 we started to walk out of the museum, but our car wasn't there yet so we just sat down on the bench. Finally, I saw a blue traverse pull up, and I said "Come on guys, I see our car!" So we walked to the car, and all got in it.
Secondly, when we had gotten on the car, we were headed to the Charles Playhouse to see a Blue Man Group production. We had to park in the parking garage, and then head up the elevator. It was a little bit hard to find a parking spot, but we found one on the 3rd floor of the parking garage. Once we got out, we were very excited to go on the elevator, because we were so excited to go to the show! We got into the elevator, with 1 other family. In fact, they were also going to see the Blue Man Group! We pressed the G button. Swipe, slip, the elevator was going down. My ears popped a little bit. When we got to the ground, we started walking to the Charles Playhouse. You know how in the cites, they have those things where you have to press the button to walk across the streets, well we had some of those. I looked up, and sure enough I saw the sign that read Charles Playhouse with the Blue Man group on it. So we walked in, and we waited in a short line, and when it was our turn, our family gave the man our tickets for the show. After our family gave the man our tickets, we walked up the stairs, and into the theatre. There was this girl that was telling the people that walked in where their seats were. She told us where our seats were, and we walked right down the aisle and sat down in our seats. Flynn, my Grandma, and my Auntie Meg were sitting in the row that I was sitting in. It was the back row. But my Mom, Dad, and my other aunt Auntie Shana, were in front of us. We started talking, until a waiter came up to us, and asked us if we wanted a drink.
"Sure!" we said. And we all ordered drinks. In a few minutes, the lights turned off. An announcement went on, and said "We can tell that Dorothy has a headache." And then it told us to say "We are sorry that you have a headache." So that's what we did. After they made those funny announcements, the show started. My favorite parts were when 1 of the blue men started throwing gumballs into another blue mans mouth, and the blue man was spraying the different colors of the gumballs onto a white cardboard tipe of thing, and when on of the blue men went up in my row, and took a teenager up on the stage and sat down at the table with her, but 1 of the blue men put a blue top on her, connected to a black skirt to look like she was a blue women, instead of a man, and they started eating Twinkies, and at 1 part when they were eating Twinkies, Twinkie that was mushed up, and was like a cream, started coming out of the little holes in their outfits. It was gross but funny. Towards the end of the show, I noticed that there was toilet paper right above me, but it was stuck, so my Auntie Meg gave it a little tug, and it started rolling down on me. It was so, so, so, so, so, so, so, EPIC!!!!!!!!!! We were pushing it forward, and Auntie Meg and I were shaking the toilet paper. Also VERY EPIC!!!!!! The last thing I loved was at the finale when these HUGE!! And I mean HUGE balls, were being passed around the theatre. Our family would just be right there, but our fingertips just wouldn't touch it. the people would always bounce it away in front of my Mom's row. And those were my favorite parts!!!
Third, we went out to restaurant called Legal Seafood. We literally had the best waiter in the world!! Her name was Sherina. She was very nice. When my Dad reserved some spots, he just that we had a birthday in the family, and they gave us our own little private room, called the Governor's Room. She asked us if we wanted to close the door? And we wanted to because you basically never get to do that. Auntie Meg made a beautiful toast, each a candle because it represented my Mom as a light in our lives. I thought the toast was very meaningful. When we ordered, I got fish-shaped ravioli with cheese inside with red grapes, and fries. It was very yummy!! I devoured it. For dessert they made a cake with a picture of my Mom on it. It was also very yummy! When we got home, and my Mom opened my present, she was so delighted. I got her a $50 gift card on Groupon,(app on the I-pad that gives you better prices on shows, and stuff like that). And my card really touched her heart.
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WOW! It sounds like an epic birthday celebration! Please send your mom and grandma our regards. I hope that you all slept in late after that day!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Nuala, I think this is my favorite blog entry of yours yet! You brought back many of my own memories of that wonderful night. Dad
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ReplyDeleteNuala -- EPIC for sure!!! Your writing brought the night to life again for me and I am smiling from ear to ear. It was so special to be a part of this fabulous celebration and to share it with you! -- Meg
Nuala! You captured the joy, the fun, the excitement, the love. Good sharing and good writing. So many fine details brought me along to the fun (a few days later of course)
ReplyDeleteHi Nuala,
ReplyDeleteThis is Liam from the Y. I read about your blog in the Avery Buzz. I really like it, I want to write one too. Did you like Blue Man Group? My dad works there!! I also went to the MFA once, I liked the big glass sculpture in the courtyard. What did you like? Have a nice vacation.
Liam