{Sleeper Beauty}

Yesterday we had a field trip to the Capitol Theatre to see 

Sleeping Beauty, the ballet.

Jax has the opinion that everyone and everything is gay these days.

With his thought process, and no holds bar of stating his opinion,

I purposely took a notepad and pen to document Jax's comments along the way.

Jax rubber-necked out the window as we followed 2nd South to our destination.

All was quiet until he started shaking his head in confusion....

COMMENT #1

"I just don't think I will ever understand public art".

Comment was made after seeing a bicycle stand in the shape of a bicycle.

who thinks like this?????

After making a delayed turn into an overpriced parking garage 

($8 for 2 hours), 

and then having a frustrating time finding a parking space that wasn't on the 20th level, 

Jax says to me,

COMMENT #2

"Mom..... You ok? 

 Cuz ya know, I have no problem filing a complaint about this stupid place!"

A smile replaced the tension on my face.

(Holy crap!!! I didn't realize that Jax was this much taller than Paula until I looked at this picture!!!

During Christmas, we had a height contest...Jax and Paula were exactly the same height. 

 He is now 5' 3 1/2"....we had to measure him this morn)

When I think of ballet, 3 things come to mind.

1~Grandma and her love of the arts

2~Men's dongers in tights

3~Paula, and her love of the arts and men's dongers in tights!

I had to extend an invite to Paula.

Paula met us at the entrance with a glow of donger anticipation!

The audience was very well behaved considering that there were butt bus loads of kids from all over the valley.

About 15 minutes into scene #1, Jax leans to me with his head in his hand, and in a tired monotone voice says,

COMMENT #3

"I'm NEVER coming to the ballet again.  

This is boring"

I couldn't blame the poor lad. 

The costumes were out of this world and the talent was beyond extraordinary, but for an 11 year old boy to watch men's dongers in tights, and girls twirl in tutu's, was like forcing him into a beauty parlor to get his nails done.

COMMENT #4

"Are these people wearing leather on their faces???  I swear!! NOBODY can keep a creepy smile on their face that long!!!  And really....who has that white of teeth?"

COMMENT #5

"heeeeeeheeeee haw haw ((tears)) wahoooo hee hee"

This was Jax's response at first sight of men in tights jumping like fairies in the air.

He got me and Paula laughing so hard we had tears.

After the show, we parted ways with Paula.

Jax and I were famished and walked to the nearby Olive Garden for a soup n salad.

Jax was a happy boy.  

I asked what he thought of the entire afternoon.

COMMENT #6

"I really enjoyed it all mom.  All I had to do was look at Paula and see how much she was enjoying it!!!  It made me so happy to see her smiling.  I don't think that girl blinked once!!  I know, cuz I just kept staring at her "

:)

So I'm pretty sure this will be one of the last times we attend the ballet due to too much testosterone, but I'm glad my boy could experience the fine arts and the enjoyment of two lovely ladies smiling over mens dongers in tights.

Poor kid....