A Night Out With the Family!

Last night our family made our way to the city for The Little House on the Prairie Musical. We made some memories...some great...some not so great but it was definately a memorable experience.

I accidentally gave my husband the wrong directions to the theater which led to us walking a mile on foot. We finally called a friend who was already waiting at the theater for us to get the right directions.  Due to participating in advertising for the play, we were supposed to have the opportunity to meet the cast which included Melissa Gilbert. My family was really looking forward to meeting the cast, but we decided that catching a ride back to our car with friends was much more important for our safety.  We did not want to walk a mile in the dark in a city  we were not familiar with.  Not to mention we had one child asleep by the end of the play.

The peformance itself was wonderful. One of my favorite lines is when Laura tells Almanzo that she will not say the word "obey" in their wedding vows and he says "Then you should choose someone who will not tame you."  To me these are beautiful lines that show that Almanzo loves her for who she is.  MrLivingOurWay and I were discussing this particular line on the way home. He knew that I would bring it up since I am the wife who could not be tamed and he knew it when he married me.  I mentioned that I thought that was odd for back in those times and he told me he was sure that was a modern line that was thrown in.  A quick google this morning tells me that this was actually the way it was written in one of Laura's books.  The exact book is These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams.   I'm sure there are some people who are cringing as I write this.  Everyone interprets that Bible differently. My interpretation is that a woman is to respect a man but a man is to love his wife.  To me, part of loving is respecting and therefore in my opinion a man is called to do more than simply respect.  Not obeying was part of who Laura was and Almanzo respected and loved her.

The children really enjoyed the play.  Our seven year old was capitvated by the entire performance.  Our four year old loved the play at first. She clapped her hands with  joy after after song.  However, half way through the first act she told us she was hungry and then that she was thirsty.  When neither of those things worked, she just outright asked when the play would be over and told us she wanted to go home.  This morning she did ask us if people really dressed like that back then so I know she did get something out of it but her attention span is not that long. Next time, we will take our seven year-old and find someone to watch our four year-old.