40th Anniversary Summer Theater- Mary Poppins

Renssy has an awesome summer theater program that was put into place with an endowment.  Fourth through eighth graders participate every summer and put on a great show.  The adults help up until the night of the shows and then it's all up to the kids backstage.  Twenty years ago, my seventh grade class along with 4th through 8th graders put on Peter Pan.  They brought in a flying company and it was downright awesome, in our humble opinion.  This year for the 40th anniversary, they brought in a flying company again to perform Mary Poppins.  We had to check it out! 

 The auditorium was packed!

Tommy was ready for the big show but looked like he was planning to go to Hollywood himself.


Here are some clips from the show.  So cool! Flying definitely adds a certain amount of magic, that's for sure!

 The show was super cute.  The broadway version of Mary Poppins is way different than the Disney version.  Tommy enjoyed it, especially the scene with the stars.  Very magical.  His favorite part was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.  He had to have his picture taken with the girl with the pink hair who sang the song.  When she came up to get her picture with us, she said to me, "You were in Peter Pan with my Aunt Millie."  Small world! I knew exactly who she was when she said that.  Too funny!

 The next day there was an alumni event.  Tiger Lilly, Wendy, Peter Pan and our director Pat got our picture taken together.

After the event, Tiger Lilly, Peter Pan and Wendy went to the bar to play "Who has the weirdest mom stuff in their purse?"  I hope I won by having an apple in mine but we all had very equally odd things.

It was a great weekend with lots of fun memories shared.  I can't believe it's been 20 years.

Girls Weekend in Louisville #OCGsDoLouis

So it's been two years in the making (we got together with kids last time) but we finally got together for a Girls Weekend.  We talk about it all the time but this time, we finally did it.  We were all connected by I-65 so I suggested meeting in Louisville since it was somewhat centrally located for people who live in Lafayette, Indy, Nashville and Birmingham.  Poor Krissi had to drive the farthest but she was willing and ready to party.  

 The Indiana girls drove down together and waited at a brewery for the southerners to get there.  The brewery was dark and we were getting a tiny bit tired.  THEN the southerners told us that when Birmingham picked up Nashville, they started chatting and ended up heading toward St. Louis for about an hour.  WHOOPS.  Indy and I thought we probably wouldn't go out since they were going to get there so late.  But then...

 Then we went to Fourth Street Live! We had one drink and it was ON like donkey kong.  I have no idea what they put in those drinks but we were jacked up and ready to go!

 Birmingham and Nashville got there and we dragged them back down to 4th Street Live! Group Pic! (Be prepared for tons of group pics and drink pics. You were warned!)

 First drink pic! Cheers to the years we've been friends! About 20+ years now I think!

 We went to a dance club and Krissi got pulled on stage to open a gift.  They gave her a pregnancy test and condoms.  What? Uhh, bar humor?

 Another group pic! (I told ya!)

 Meeghan wins the award for getting approached by the youngest guy.  I think he was like 23.  WHAT? You have 3 kids?? Smell ya later! Haha!

 Group pic.  This was closing in on 3 am.

 THREE A. M.  I haven't been up that late in a LONG time (unless you count getting back up with a newborn).

 But then we went for pizza at Spinelli's.  We had to wait something like an hour for flipping pizza.  We met some AWESOME Australians that made the time go fast.  They were shipping off to Boston in the morning or else we would have hung out with them some more.

 So what do you do while you're waiting for pizza with two Aussies at 4 in the morning? The Robot, of course.

 Ugh, the next morning... we slept in (hooray!), got massages (sweet!), and then went for brunch (awesome!). We ate at Wild Eggs which was amazingly delicious.  Almost Magically Delicious.  :) Seriously.  Find one and eat there.  So good.

 Then we went to the pool.  The pool overlooked the Ohio River.  Such an awesome pool!

 Except the building and sign could use a coat of paint but otherwise, not bad.

 Pool drink pic! :)

 Then the pool got FRATTY.  Frattier than this, if you can believe it.

 Hey, is that another group pic??? I can't believe it.

Awww, Indy and Nashville! Cuties!

That night we decided to hit the Highlands Bars for dinner. While we were waiting for a cab, we decided to put our trust into the doorman to take our picture.  We were not especially impressed with his skills but throw an instagram filter and it's not so bad.

 That night we went out for wine and sushi.  What is this? Is that a wine drink pic? No way.

 SUSHI! Yum! We went to Sapporo on Bardstown Road for dinner. The Highland Bars looked super fun but we didn't stay there too long.  I did get some thrift shop gifts for the kiddos.  (I am not going to pass up a t-shirt for Tommy with a tiger riding a bicycle, that's for sure!)

That night we decided to stay at the hotel and drink for a bit because one of our friends who couldn't make it... That would be Albuquerque... put a $50 credit on our hotel room so we could get some drinks.  Cue the chorus-- Weeee Loooooovvvveeee Yooouuuu Brrriiiittttannnnyyy!!! :) :) :)

While we were there, Fandom Fest was going on.  It's essentially Louisville's Comic Con. We met some interesting characters!! I ain't afraid of no ghost!

We met a famous person too! This is Julio from The Walking Dead. He apologized for smelling like weed. Ha! He said he's on the next season. Although this wiki page seems to think that he's gone. Just in case, watch for him! He's in this group pic so you never know! 

We got our picture taken with this nice young lady.  I wish I would have gotten a close up of her face.  So disgusting.

Then Bill Paxton from Aliens let us borrow his guns to pose for a picture with her too.

Krissi really enjoyed the gun show.  I think it's going to be her next big purchase!

Hey, look at that! We met Hank Williams Jr!  Ok not really.  But he was very entertaining.  

His buddy, Keith Urban, did not enjoy us calling him that.  Maybe his shirt was too tight. :-) 

We got a group picture with the "celebrities" Hank Williams Jr, Keith Urban and Danny McBride. Danny McBride thought he looked like someone from Metallica but we chose to stick with Danny McBride.  Not sure who the girl in the back is.

After hotel bar drinks, we walked around laughing at stuff.  Like shoe shining stations!

And bike racks that are shaped like dragons!!

And stores called "The Love Boutique"! We had an awesome time our second night.  We stayed out until 2 even though we wanted to go to bed much earlier.  We also ended up at Spinelli's for pizza again.  Yikes.

The next day we visited the Slugger Museum to pick up some souvenirs (or weapons, pretty much) for our children.  Last group pic I promise!

We had an amazing time last weekend.  It was seriously so great to get away just us girls for the first time in forever! I'm so glad we have maintained our friendship this well for this long.  We always pick right back up where we left off.  OCGs forever!!
See you next year! Brittany, you better be there! ;)

A Little Get Together with the Ladies

So this weekend, we decided to have a quick get together since my friend Krissi was going to be in town from Alabama. Krissi kept saying that she had a surprise for me.  I really had no idea what to expect and I never could have guessed in a million years what this surprise would entail.  

Wellllllll.... you may want to avert your eyes if you have a sensitive stomach.  

Yeah, that's what you think it is.  (Or if you're my mom, you think it's a baby with a weird-looking pink blanket wrapped around it.)  It is truly homemade by Krissi.  She even went to Michaels to get the spray paint icing stuff.  A-maahhh-zing.
Krissi bought 3 different dolls at Goodwill to figure out which size head would look best.  (She is in nursing school right now and just finished her OBGYN clinical so she should know!) She felt weird about buying these weird looking dolls at Goodwill so she told the guy, "Don't worry, I'm only buying these to use their heads." I'm sure that cleared things right up for the guy. :-)

 So since the cake was a little graphic we decided not to bring it to the restaurant where we ate lunch.  We did get a quick group picture.  Mandy had to leave early so she is not pictured. :( But there are two preggos on the left (I'm allowed to say that now, right Megan? We are practically Two Peas in a Pod again, just like 17 weeks apart as opposed to just 2).  Maria and Krissi are on the right.  Or as Andrew said, "Did you have lunch with Manute Bol?"
How tall were those heels, girl?
I just googled him and found this.  I had to include it.

Somebody online was having fun with photoshop.

So after lunch and shopping, I came home to my two fun dudes.  We were going to grill out but then realized we were out of propane.  Steak N Shake it was!

 Steak N Shake really goes all out for the kiddies.  A hat, a cardboard car, a cool plastic take home cup, and kids eat free all weekend.

 Most of the time, the only way I can convince Tommy to let me take pictures of him is to do selfies.

Gotta have fun with it!

So that evening, I decided to have some cake but I had to get a doll head out of the way. What do you do with a disturbing doll head covered in creepy icing? Have a photo shoot, of course!

Goodness gracious, that's terrifying. 

Thanks, ladies, for the wonderful Saturday! So great to see you all.  Thank you Krissi for the unforgettable baby shower cake. :-)  You are an artist!