For Spring Break this year, we went to the Baltimore Aquarium and then drove a few hours further north to visit the Johnsons in NJ!
Our second day there, Mom and we kids went to the City to try and get lottery tickets.
I don't think Trina was very happy to be waiting in line, even if it was for Wicked. Well, she was right--we waited to no avail. The other 200+ people in line were not so lucky either. Only 13 lucky pairs were selected. During our wait we kept trying to calculate the odds of getting a ticket. I don't know how, but we kept coming up with a 33 percent chance. Just shows...tired Cummings waiting in line can sing, can probably read books and write a few good essays, even list historical facts and scientific concepts, but none of us were in any kind of state to do high-level mathematics. (For that matter, I don't know if I could have wanted to solve the problem even if I were well-rested.)
We went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, navigated the subway, and then made it home for delicious bbq sandwiches with the Johnsons.
Dad joined us the next day, and we spent the day walking Times Square, seeing the Museum of Natural History, and we stopped by the Manhattan Temple and the American Folk Art Museum. Later that night, we tried for tickets again.
No luck with Wicked...but next door, Heather and I were lucky and got ourselves some tickets for The Miracle Worker, at the next-door theater "Circle in the Square."
The family went off to have dinner and see the Ferris Wheel in the ToysRUs, and Heather and I watched the well-acted and intense drama about Helen Keller and her Teacher.We got home late that night, and went to sleep. (What is it about our vacations that make us more tired than rested? ;-) )
The next day, we had a nice breakfast and then went and picnicked in the beautiful weather. The Johnsons came along and went with us to Washington's Crossing.
We went to the visitor's center, watched a film about the important ten days that turned the tides of the Revolution, and had a great picnic lunch. Well-loved was the dessert, which was a huge Reese's PB Cup we got at Time's Square.
Thanks, Jenny, Nathan, Lily, and Isaac, for a great week! (And thanks, Heather, for that CUTE haircut!)
Fun! And great job Heather ;)
ReplyDeleteI had always liked the Helen Keller story, but after I started teaching students with special needs, it became so much more meaningful. Love is important, but it is also so important to teach limits--that the discipline of learning brings freedom. I'm so glad you had a chance to see that play--although Wicked would have been great, too!
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