Nate's parents have been so great about coming out to see us whenever they can, but basically it's if Marie hasn't seen her "babies" in over 3 months that seems to be the longest she can go.
They decided to surprise us for our birthdays again this year and come and see us. But I think what really got them was it was grandparents day at Liam's school and he REALLY wanted to bring his grandparents!
I am not so great at keeping surprises a secret, but have done great with this one.
This time Nate had a anesthesia resident interview dinner the night they came in so it worked perfect. I went and grabbed them from the station and when we came home Liam could all but contain himself that Nana and Bompa were here.
Nate was pleasantly surprised and we celebrated both our birthdays by taking a trip up to NYC without the kids! (Thankfully I have the BEST friends EVER!)
Before we left the kids we took them to our favorite Hershey stops so they got some Nana and Bompa time!
And Nana and Bompa got to see Liam's school and have breakfast with him, he was on cloud 9!
Chocolate world, the best place for kisses!
Liam's School
They opened a Hershey Museum a few years ago, Marie was here for the opening and she and I went because me and the boys have a cameo in one of the videos in the museum. We are at the pediatricians office having Owen checked. It was actually staged in the sense we knew that we were going to be filmed, but she did a real exam and now Hershey will have a little bit of the Poulson's in it's history forever.
Nate and his dad hadn't been yet, so they went while Marie and I day something way more important like going to the outlets!
Then it was off to NYC for some adult time!
The boys went to take a tour of Military planes, ships and other interesting artifacts, and Marie and I walked down 5th ave and went window shopping. Both parties were happy. And you the viewer will only get pictures from the military tour, but unfortunately I can't tell you what any of these pictures are of, so feel free to narrate it yourself if you can!
Then we all met in Rockefeller Center to watch them working on putting up this years (well now last years) Christmas tree. It is HUGE!
Our favorite past time, city in Central park people watching. We like to play the games: Mommy or Nannie, Gay/Straight, best couples.
If only I could ask the people so we could see how many we actually get right.
We then we to the Rockette's Christmas Spectacular! At radio City Hall
And it was Spectacular! I wish we could have taken the boys to this one, I think they would have loved it! Totally worth seeing BTW.
Our hotel was in Times Square so we spent the evening walking around just enjoying the general feel of NY.
We bypassed seeing the Donny and Marie show, maybe another time. NOT!
The next day we went for a "little" stroll across the Brooklyn bridge and then walked back to Times Square.
That night we went and saw the play La Cage aux folles (the birdcage) with Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge. We had no idea what this play was about (at least I didn't, other than the fact that Marie had been told by some other tourists "it was absolutely delightful!"
Delightful? Entertaining? Hilarious? Raunchy....
Really what the whole play is based around is Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge are a couple who own a transvestite night club and formerly Georges (Kelsey Grammer) had a son due to a one night stand with a chorus girl, but has grown up with two daddies (well kinda) and the son is getting married (to a girl) and has to bring his new Fiancée and in-laws who are extremely right winged...to meet the "dads" but is embarrassed and wants he biological mother to come instead.
In the end I guess it all ends happy, in the sense that the couple gets to wed even when the FIL finds out he was raised by gay and transvestite fathers, and in the final act all are wearing drag.
And between acts you get to watch MORE transvestites dance in drag...
That all being said, we didn't find out until we went to sit at our seats which we got the last four from the half price box, that we were going to be part of the act. Our seats were center stage and we were sitting at tables and chairs which were set to look like we were patrons at the club.
The BEST part of the whole play was when Albin (Mr. Hodge) comes to sit on the steps next to our table and serenades Nate's dad while caressing his hand. Oh if only cameras were allowed at the moment...
Also during the act Kelsey Grammer talked to the people at the table pretending we were part of the show and regular customers, he pointed to me and said some line about how I no longer had a mustache or something of the sort, and at the end of the play when we were all clapping he turned to me and said, oh and my dear, you don't have a mustache, you are beautiful! SO THERE! I was hit on by Kelsey Grammer and you know what his current heart throb baby maker is younger than me, so that has to mean something right?
