A Meeting at the Muny

Since we had such good luck taking Amelia to see "Annie" at the Muny last year, we thought we'd give it another go. Given the fact that "Beauty and the Beast" was showing this year, you'd think we would have taken her to that one. But, she has seen that musical three times now, so we decided to given the "Sound of Music" a try instead. We've seen the movie a handful of times and luckily that was enough to keep her interest!

We got there SUPER early (my fault), so we had lots of time to kill goofing around.

Amelia really thought she was something with her fancy dress and accessories (all chosen by her, of course). Check out the large-donkey-from-Shrek-watch she is sporting in the first picture.

She did amazingly well during the show and we stayed for the entire performance! Part of it was bringing the right combination of snacks and drinks, but for the most part she was genuinely interested in the action on the stage. Several people sitting around us commented on how well she did and what a "joy" she was to listen to. There was lots of giggling and loudly whispered questions. But my favorite was during the "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" song. Amelia said (in her stage whisper voice), "Just like I'm 4 going on 5!".

What a fun night! I will be shocked if Amelia doesn't end up on some stage at some point in her life. She is still singing "A Few of My Favorite Things" almost daily--or at least the few words of it she remembers.