Valentine's Day

Thursday afternoon, I came home and Makinsi was waiting for me. She ran in the house and came out with a big box of red roses. I asked her who those were for and she said "YOU!" I asked her if she go them for me and she said "No, Brad". Then she grabbed my hand and pulled me in the house and lead me to another dozen pink roses. I asked her who those were for and she said "ME!". They were actually for me but they had Dora balloons on them that were for her.

Brad told her to show me what else they had got, so she opened the fridge and pulled out a box of chocolate covered strawberries! Yum!

Brad has also gotten Makinsi a big cupcake! She was being so patient with me, letting me get her picture before she dug in.

The rest of the night she was Bailey's buddy! She spread her blanket and pillow on the floor insisting that Bailey lay down with her and watch Dora. Bailey obliged her as much as possible! She's so good with Kinsi. Lets her roll all over her.

Wicked

Valentine's Day came early this year. Brad got me tickets to see "Wicked" at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. He wanted to go on Valentine's Day, but it was only running through Feb. 1st, so we went early on Jan. 30th. He took me out to dinner at Outback before the show. The show was completely amazing. If you don't know the story, "Wicked" is the story of witches before Dorthy landed in Oz. Gilinda and Elphaba (the Wicked Witched of the West) actually went to school together and were roommates at school. Elphaba was born with green skin and always made fun of. Gilinda was Miss Rich girl and always got her way. She reminded me so much of the blonde chick in "Legally Blonde". So when they are stuck as roommates of course things get crazy. Elphaba is very gifted in the abilities that she has and also learns that she can read the spell book that no one else can. Once she gets to meet the Wizard of Oz, she realizes what she has to do.

The cast and stage settings were wonderful. The flying monkeys were my favorite. The flew around all over the place and had amazing costumes! The music was awesome, I'm still humming some of the songs. I'll never think about the Wizard of Oz the same again. There's a whole other story than "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"!

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