My Blog is Better Than Your Blog: C if for Clue (or Cluedo if you are outside of North America)

Today I went to see "Clue: The Musical". If there isn't a part of you that's jealous right now, just stop reading. If you know anything about me you most likely know that I love me some Clue. In fact, this was the first board game that I ever cried over (although, sadly, not the last). Clue was the first board game that I ever received. I got it for my birthday and my Mom, Grandma and I played a game. My Grandma won. And I burst into tears. My Mom said I wasn't going to be allowed to play it again unless I stopped my poor sportsmanship. But unlike the playdough threat, she relented and I've been playing board games and crying over them for years. Thanks, Mom!

We went to the Old Creamery Theatre outside of the Amana Colonies and it was awesome! It was such a fun show. I had the best time. I won't be spoiling it for you if I tell you that it was Col. Mustard in the Lounge with the Rope. They picked out the three cards at the beginning of the show and put them in a big envelope marked "confidential" just like the game. Then Mr. Boddy gave us some clues throughout the show. It was really great. Zach's favorite character was Mrs. White. She was pretty great. Very animated, great stage presence. My favorite was Mrs. Peacock. She had a great singing voice and good delivery. It was the most fun ever! It's as though God wanted to create a show that I would love and he did. I got to solve a mystery and watch a show all in one! We also had the best seats in the house. Front row, center. Awesome. Zach commented that we were the only ones in our age group - everyone else was either over 60 or under 10, but whatever. It was so great.

We also had lunch and bought some wine, cheese and chocolate in the Amana Colonies. It was fun. On the way back from Amana we had to stop at the mall for a present and in the parking lot of the mall near the Children's Museum was a NASA semi. Zach loves space and since he was such a good sport about watching Clue, I decided to throw him a bone and let him walk around the NASA semi with the other kids. It was pretty neat. We saw a video, built a virtual space station, touched an authentic moon rock, learned that NASA plans to have a station on the moon by 2020, and got some awesome mementos. Today was filled with tons of fun. Seriously, it was so exciting. I wanted to write more, but I'm tired and worn out from enjoying the day so much, so I'll just leave you with this photo essay.

C is for cutting and judging by the fried content of the food we ate for lunch, C is also for cholesterol.

C is for chocolate covered cherry because just eating your weight in schnitzel, spaetzle, potatoes, gravy, cottage cheese and coleslaw is not enough. You should always round that out with some chocolate.

C is for corn and coffee cake. We determined that we needed these items from the bakery. C is also for charm bracelet, pictured in the bottom right corner.

C is for cask catastrophe avoidance. Good job, Zach!

C is for Clue: The Musical! It was so great!

C is for cramping, as in, my face hurts because I've been smiling so big throughout the entire show because I was having such an awesome time. Sadly, I'm not kidding, my face hurt by the end of the show.