The Bunch Go To The Winspear Opera House

They had a wonderful time!

A has been in love with Hamilton the musical since Disney+ first released it and she saw it for the very first time. She has studied the soundtrack and even recreated the entire routine to Schuyler Sisters to perform at prom. When she found out that it was coming back to Dallas this summer, she was one of the very first people to buy tickets. She even treated herself to really great seats, to a whopping $567 for two tickets. I think it's ridiculous that going to a play costs that much. I think many more people would love to instill a love for the arts in their children if it wasn't so cost prohibitive. T ended up going with her since he is the next most devoted Hamilton fan in our household. He is working off the cost of his ticket with me by doing extra chores around the house this summer. Luckily, A bought afternoon tickets so D and I could drive them down to the downtown area. We ended up going out to lunch at this really yummy taco place just outside the opera house and then walked around the Dallas Museum of Art for a couple of hours to kill time while they were at their musical. They had a great time. In fact, A loved it so much she's going to see Shrek the Musical in July. T decided not to go to that one since tickets are so expensive. We're just going to wander around the Dallas Museum of Art again while A attends the musical (plus have lunch at the yummy taco place again). Or maybe check out some of the shops. They have turned the arts district into a really nice area and during the day it feels very safe.

The bead work on display at the Dallas Museum of Art was amazing.

We also went to go see Legally Blonde the musical at the local theater in Gainesville. We had a nice time, but the actual musical wasn't my favorite. I am really looking forward to their production of Elf for Christmas. We still had a great time though and it was a fun way to spend the afternoon and it was definitely more affordable at only $20 a ticket.

This place was amazing and I was really surprised that it wasn't super overpriced given its proximity to the Opera House.

This was one of the super hot and humid days we had. It was miserable outside which is how we ended up at the museum...as a bonus the museum is free!!

We were only a half mile walk from the kids at the opera house.

The chandelier was made out of butcher paper....weird!

The air conditioning was much appreciated.

I love paintings that look like photographs.

The Gainesville Community Theater. It was a really cute historical building.

Our seats were in the very back, but because the facility is so small the view was still fantastic.

Comments

The Bunch Start Birthday Week

Yes, my Mom had my name misspelled on the cake.😂 It was still yummy so it was all good. T, A, and I all have our birthdays within a week and a half. Which means there is a crazy amount of sugar within those 10 days. We always like to make whoever's birthday it is feel special for the day. We watch what they want,do activities they like, eat what they pick, do their chores for them, etc. It not usually too expensive, but just a fun day where it's focused on them. The kids use to use their days to rule like little kings and queens, but have become a lot calmer in their "old" age since they get to do whatever they want most of the time anyways. We are a pretty close family and do a lot of things together all the time anyways, but on birthdays we still make sure we defer to the birthday boy/girl. My birthday is first and the kids do so many nice things for me all the time, but they put forth an extra effort on my birthday. This year A even woke up early to turn the cof...

The Bunch Visit Family

We had fun playing some board games...and it wasn't even a fun jar idea! We just did it because it sounded like fun! The fun jar has been a little slow being implemented this year. T made sure to let me know! We're making up for it next week by drawing several things. We have had a wonderfully busy week visiting family and getting things done around the house. We went over to my parents house to celebrate Father's Day and while the boys played games with Grandpa, the girls went with Grandma to show her what all the fuss about Trader Joe's is about. She enjoyed looking at all the different things and even found a few gems of her own. It was a nice day and fun to get out together for a little bit. We had a great day!🥰 We picked up Whataburger for my Dad as a treat and my mom made some tots and a side salad up to go with it.💗 We also had a nice long visit with our Aunt P. She's been under the weather and we hadn't had a visit in a couple weeks so it was nice t...

The Bunch Have A Fantastic Week!

Pickleball is always fun! Now that the weather has been nicer, albeit super windy, we have been trying to do our weekly pickleball match. Basically, this week whoever was playing with the wind won! We still have fun playing even when it is windy. In fact, playing in the wind probably makes us have more fun. The wind gusts sometimes pick the ball up and make it do some funny things, like getting the ball and pushing it back onto your side so you lose a point or blowing it three courts over! Luckily, we are usually the only ones there so it doesn't matter if we play across 4 courts. Afterwards, we usually go get some ice cream/ frozen yogurt and just enjoy our outing. T went camping this weekend with his troop. They worked on orienteering, which I was super happy about since T needs to work on that something fierce, but unfortunately the boys in troop aren't much better than him at orienteering and the first guy oriented them upside down on the first one so they basically was...

411 The Walters Bunch

Search This Blog