Mesmerizing Marionettes

Cora and I experienced our first puppet show together on Thursday, at the 50-year-old Bob Baker Marionettes theatre near downtown Los Angeles. It was a fun event organized by our MOPS group, and Harvey and Elissa had a good time too.

The show was about life on the farm, and was very old, nostalgic and sweet.

I was concerned that Cora might be frightened of some of the puppets, but she was great.

It was pretty funny - all of the other 25-30 children sat on the floor and watched, and Cora could barely keep still. She jumped and danced around to nearly all the songs (see top photo, or video below), and liked telling me about what she was seeing. After the show, some of the theater employees commented on how fun it was to watch her enjoy the show so much.

She didn't like it when the puppets got too close, however. At one point, Peter Rabbit came by almost every child to paint his or her nose, and Cora fell into my arms yelling, "No!" when he came near her. The rabbit/puppeteer joked about it and went on to Harvey, who took it well. Cora liked watching that, much better.

After the show, everyone got ice cream and the adults had coffee, included in the show price. It was a great morning, and fun thinking that my parents could have seen the same show and eaten the same brand ice cream as small children.


In fact, Jenny (last photo) remembers going as a kid. We had two great days in a row - the puppet show on Thursday, and my dear friend Jenny (JT) on Wednesday. She is in town from England to celebrate her grandmother's 80th birthday, and she came up to SClarita to see us and the new house. She made friends with Cora by agreeing to read her books, so Cora brought her a pile.

We had a relaxing day together and treated ourselves to Chipotle and a margarita at lunch, and Red Mango frozen yogurt for dessert.

And the video of our dancer (the puppets are weeping willow trees):