If You Give a Moose a Muffin

Before the doors were opened to the theater, we waited in the lobby of the Shakespeare Theater and enjoyed some of the costumes on display.

The kids lined up after the show to get the autographs of some of the characters in the play.

I should have made sure I had read the kids a couple of "classic" children's stories before we went. Namely: "If you give a mouse a cookie" and "If you give a pig a party". This play had references to the two stories but it wasn't neccessary to know them--it just would have been fun for them to have some background.

My friend Terry Trombley and I thought it would be fun to take our grandkids to see the theater production, "If you Give a Moose a Cookie". Terry's grandchildren are all out of state but many children in our ward love her and think of her as their adopted grandma so she had arranged to take Ava Knight. Sadly, Terry's father passed away last Sunday and she flew immediately to Michigan. As a result, Ava's mom Ila went with us. The kids seemed to have a great time. It's a small theater so all the seats are good. The cast involved the children and a few little hams really got into it. They hollered things out to the cast and it was fun to watch the characters "adlib" to make their outburst remarks work into the script. Kaity says she wants to take acting lessons!