Like Mother, Like Daughters

For Christmas we gave the girls tickets to Wicked in Richmond next month, and boy, are we all excited. They've been singing the songs with me for years now. But we decided that before we actually go we needed to sit down, listen to all the songs and go over ALL the details of the story. I don't want them saying, "Mom, what did she say?" or "Mom, what just happened?"

So today we did just that and it was so much fun! Song by song I explained in complete detail the storyline to the play. There will be NO surprises and we'll all enjoy it much better that way. Now it's just three weeks and counting!

I loved sharing this love of Broadway with my kids today. And as we sat around the kitchen island I was taken back to sitting at the kitchen counter on Comanche Lane years ago listening to Les Miserables with my mom. We too sat and listened song by song as my mom explained the storyline. I remember how moved I was and how beautiful the music was to me even as a young girl. I also remember looking up at my mom and saying, "Mom, if I am ever in Les Mis, would you want me to play Cozet because she doesn't say a bad word in any of her songs?" Les Miserables was my first Broadway experience and I'm thrilled to experience Wicked again with my girls!