Toledo Ohio

Here we are in Toledo Ohio waiting for the 6th and final show to begin. We are at the Stranahan Theatre right in Toledo. Six shows here and each time the theatre has been very full. There are over 2000 seats in the theatre! Luckily the boys have a dressing room with an adjoining seating area for us parents. The room is complete with a couch, big comfy chair, refrigerator and microwave :) It's so comfortable that when we got in for last night's show we found Jenn and Alaggio sound asleep on the coach and chair, lol! Jenn even got her own dressing room and was quite excited about it :) During intermission, we went out and found that they had specialized drinks, Colin had a drink named after him "The Artful Dodger"!
The boys fit all of their tutoring in during the earlier part of the week, so Friday we were free all day until the evening show. Colin and I chose to be blogs again and relax in our hotel room. It was rainy and cold outside, so we stayed snuggled in our beds while Colin played on the computer and I enjoyed a great book which Sue handed on to me.
Saturday was filled with 2 shows. John offered to bring the boys to the afternoon show, so Sue and I both had the days to ourselves. I was thinking about venturing out, but when I looked out there were great big snowflakes coming down from the sky. I decided to go online and start my Christmas shopping instead. It's going to be an interesting Christmas because we won't be home until Dec 22nd, so I'll have to do all of my shopping online. Luckily Britt will be home a couple of weeks ahead of me, so she can help out with the wrapping and last minute things that I can't get online.
After the matinee we went out to dinner with the other boys and parents at Jed's restaurant. Colin and I got an amazing steak along with a potato casserole which is to die for! It was so yummy that we decided to go back and have the same thing today! John took the day off today to stay back and watch the football games, while Sue and I took the boys to the afternoon show. We only had an hour to eat dinner, so this worked out well. John went over to Jed's and ordered our food for us. When we got to the restaurant the food was just being served. Luckily it wasn't much of an inconvenience to John as he got to have a beer and watch the games on tv while waiting ;) During dinner Alaggio was telling us that his mom used to teach a hermaphrodite and a boy who used to hit the other kids with a 2x4. I looked across the table and saw the puzzled look on Quentin's face. I thought, uh oh, here comes the question(thinking for sure he was going to ask what a hermaphrodite was) and when he opened up his mouth he asked, what is a 2x4!! Haha, it was the funniest thing!
Spencer, Clare's little baby got his first set of taps. The boys were enthralled watching him tap along,he was so cute!! All three boys have really taken a liking to Spencer. They look after him like he's their little brother.
Tomorrow we leave Toledo and get back on the bus for a 2 day bus ride to Oklahoma. Ugh! Oh well, relief is in sight. We pull into Dallas on Wednesday for a 5 day break!
Hope all is well with everyone following us :)
Missy