Beauty and the Beast

Dinner before the show.  Loved drawing on the table clothes.

A little Temple Run while shopping.

Barely made it in time for the curtain call.

Mi sobrino on the edge of his seat!

Family pic.

Kids goofing off during intermission.

It was the best Belle I had seen/heard!  And Gaston was pretty good.  Kept thinking back to one of our guest speakers at school.  He used this story to talk about bullying.  Gaston says to get your guns, knives and swords to kill the beast, because he is scared of what he doesn't understand.  Our speaker believes, kids (mainly) don't use guns, knives and swords but their 'words' to attack other students they don't understand....in other word; bully.

Fitting because one of the dancers in the play was missing a hand....I wonder if she was ever bullied for being different?  

In the middle of the play, Belle escapes and the Beast chases after her only to be confronted by a pack of wolves.  The Beast fights them off and collapses on the ground with exhaustion; with silence.  Perfect timing for my nephew to yell out....'He's dead.'  A few chuckles later, the Beast and Belle head for his creepy castle.