Rock Climbing and Shakespeare


We went out and explored an area of Central Park close to our home a couple of weeks ago. This area of rocks juts out into what we call The Lake. I have seen it and always wanted to go and check it out. The boys and I went one morning before Henry started school, and we had a blast exploring, so we had to take the rest of the crew there. You can hop around on the rocks in the water. There a tons of turtles sun bathing, or swimming around. The ducks and geese paddle up close. And the city views! They are spectacular. 

 I love the Upper West Side. Central Park is one of my happy places here. We spend so much time here. It is really magical. I love spending time here.  

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Lyndon found a spot outside the Natural History Museum with really good acoustics to perform Shakespeare plays. We have gone down a few weekends and performed some plays together as a family. Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and one more I cannot remember. We do the super abridged version, cause attention spans are short. I am not sure how the much the kids are into, but there have been a lot of laughs from us all, especially when Henry plays the fool. 
Our performing troop. 
We take our Shakespeare acting pretty seriously. I love that this is one of Lyndon's dreams, to perform Shakespeare with the kids. It is so Lyndon! I like putting our dreams into action.

 We are a kooky bunch, but I love us for it. We are distinguishing ourselves as the eccentric Shakespeare Family Performers! We have been taking things a lot slower, hardly ever leaving our neighborhood. It's so nice. To many more family rocking climbing sessions and Shakespeare productions. Weekends are now my favorite. 

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