Rick and Vicki (Justin's parents) flew in Thursday night, so we had all day Friday to hang out. We had grand plans of going to museums and aquariums, but those fizzled out and we did some simple hanging out, running to pharmacies (they lost Rick's medical kit in the Chicago airport), and a quick tour of campus. We saw the Hall of Graduate Studies, where Justin's department is,
and the gorgeous main library.
Bibliophiles that Vicki and I are, we couldn't resist a trip to the college bookstore, where we picked up a volume of Shel Silverstein for Juma (he recently discovered his poems in school), and Juma read an entire Pokemon book to himself.
Saturday, we welcomed my parents as well, and I gave everyone a tour of the historic church Justin works for, as well as the crypt underneath it.
Unfortunately, the crypt was a little too interesting, and we just missed a train to NYC by minutes. But we caught the next one, and saw Wicked on Broadway.
That was an amazing production. The sets, the music, the voices--all of it was great. Juma loved it ("except for the boring singing parts") and kept asking me, "When does she become a witch?!?!" At the spectacular end to the first act, when the witch flies up into the air during her dramatic song, Juma turned to me and said, "Now she's the witch!"
Stay tuned for the next post. Gotta run to a field trip with Juma's class...
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