Monthly Archives: February 2018

The Cat in the Hat

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When the boys were five and seven years old they were Thing One and Thing Two for Halloween.

Fast forward to this month when Brendan was cast as….THING TWO in The Cat in the Hat!

He had a great time learning some new skills including working with a blacklight and synching his choreography with Thing One. They were favorites after the show for little kids to greet.

Each show is a new and fun experience and Brendan especially loves being back at the Calderwood Pavilion where he ran into former cast mates and other theater friends.

School Vacation

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Vacation week was pretty chill in the O’Brien house. Aidan hung out with friends during the week and Brendan had performances. But we did have some fun family time- mostly centered around food.

We kicked off the week at our favorite breakfast place- Paramount. It’s always fun to be there and see families with little kids and realize how bug our kids are. Chris was off on Monday, and Bren has no shows, so we decided on a family activity. We took the kids to Dave and Busters. We gave them preloaded cards and texted when the appetizer, meal and dessert came. It was the best. They had fun and Chris and I could relax while they played. Aidan’s prize was a game cube (checkers, chess, card games, dice). Bren won a unicorn pillow and a few fun cups. Another day the boys and I went to another local brunch place and had Fruity Pebble Pancakes (Aidan wasn’t a big fan, but I was!).

Vacations come when you need them most- and other than a project Bren had to work on (Black History Month– this year’s subject RuPaul), the kids could relax a lot.

2018 Disney on Ice

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For eight years Brendan and I have gone to Disney on Ice. It’s often fallen on or very near to Valentine’s Day, so we’ve called it our Valentine’s Day date. Some years he has dressed up, other years not. This year he decided to go all out. He used his Christmas money to get a new princess dress- Rapunzel (an old favorite going back to his 4th birthday). His newish long blonde wig he decided to style in a side braid and he spent a bit of time on his make up. He looked pretty great. Our routine is that he can choose one special thing. He chose the Rapunzel braid and braided it into his braid.

Our seats were on the floor- the third row. We were a little blocked but it was great to be so close. After intermission we moved to the front row!

I had posted pictures on Facebook of Brendan’s look. A friend saw them and let a coworker who was working the show know. The MC came over to him (the staff has a seating chart) and invited him to sit on the platform on the ice for Beauty and the Beast! How cool?! And seriously, only Brendan. A theater friend saw and got a video too.