Oh happy day

Dude! I was a total rockstar today! I woke up at 6:30 am to go running in the freezing cold weather (thanks to Nate who both woke me up, and convinced me I would feel better if I went)... it was great. I came home happy and awake to a quiet house, where Nate and I could talk and have a few minutes to ourselves. When the kids woke up, I was happy to see them and they were both in good moods. I was super productive... baked 2 loaves of whole wheat bread, some fococcia bread, hamburger buns, and 2 loaves of pumpkin bread, and made and grilled hamburger patties, all in my tiny kitchen... I knew I wouldn't let that thing slow me down!

At 5:30 pm, we sat down to dinner. After dinner, the house was a mess, Nate had to leave at 6:00 pm to go to class, and I had to leave at 6:30 pm. By 6:15, I had the house cleaned, Asher in bed, and Sayer ready for bed, and was ready to go out myself. I don't know where my sudden burst of energy came from... oh yeah, my RUN this morning!!!
Asher "helping" me make the pumpkin bread
I set the hamburger buns on the table while I was getting everything else ready, and Asher took a bite out of each bun and put it back. We thought it was pretty funny. We still ate them.

My babysitter was late, so I had to seriously sprint to the subway station, where I was keeping Kendra waiting. When we got off at 50th street, we had to sprint to 46th in order to catch our 7:00 pm show...

In the Heights

It was AWESOME! It won 4 tony awards this year, including Best musical, Best original score, Best choreography, and Best orchestrations. The dancing was so awesome, with some hip hop, salsa and modern. The music was a really cool mix of your traditional "broadway" sound with some rap-ish singing as well. Mostly the women sang super powerful, and the guys were more of the rappers. I am not normally a fan of rap, but it really fit the show, and it wasn't ghetto rap, more just rhyming with the music. It is about a neighborhood in Manhattan, Washington Heights, which is about 50 blocks or so north of us. The area is made up of mostly Dominicans and Latinos, and the musical is about a particular street where everyone knows each other and are a part of each other's lives. The show takes you through relationships and changes in their lives. It is great musically, funny, emotional, and every thing else you want in a Broadway musical.

When I saw that the Teacher's College was having a special ticket price on this show, I asked Kendra if she wanted to come, as she lives in Washington Heights, and has wanted to see it for a while. She loved it too and said it was a very good representation of the area. After the show we went and had a little Junior's cheesecake, which was scrump, and then came home.
The set

Kendra and me

All in all, a pretty awesome day, wouldn't ya say??