A year with Frog and Toad

We took both children to see the Oregon Children's Theatre production of A Year with Frog and Toad tonight. It was at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, with is a really cool building with big glass windows and spiral staircases and a center skylight and overlook. The show was an hour long, with a lot of singing and dancing, and it followed the storylines of a number of the book's chapters. The actors had fun costumes to dress up as squirrels and birds, snails and mice, and (of course) Frog and Toad. There was a sort of 1920's flapper vibe to some of the numbers, and overall it was pretty entertaining. Both kids were fascinated by the show and by the sets, which were somewhat elaborate, and sat very still and quiet throughout. (Okay, that's not quite true - Liesl talked to me a lot, but she sat on my lap and tried to whisper. :) ).  We had built it up as a family date night - a special treat - and so we all got dressed up in our fancy clothes. It was really fun.