War Horse

Our older children have been into reading books about World War I (the Great War as they call it here) and the World War II lately. Katya has read every book available in her school library telling stories of people during the Second World War. And Alex has nominated himself to be ab expert on this subject matter with his knowledge of all sorts of non-fiction facts. He also has been reading every book by Michael Marpungo (a famous English authors who is still alive) that he could find. Not all books were about war, but one of his favorites was War Horse. 

If you have seen the famous movie "War Horse", you know it's a very sad and at the same time happy story about a boy and his horse during the Great War. Alex has never seen the movie, as it's rated PG-13. But we decided that it would be all right to take him to London to see War Horse in theater on West End. 

We made it extra special by leaving our two other kids at home with friends:)

We had great seats and the play was amazing! The horses were actually life-size puppets--you can see it on the poster. It took three people for each puppet to move around. After a while--I am not exaggerating--you forget that those creatures are puppets, that's how realistic their movements and even noises are. 

Alex was really impressed by the show. It helped that he knew the synopsis well so he could focus on the emotional part of it. It was very intense at times, but he was ready for it. 

I just love that we get to live so close to the place where we can expose our kids to various angles of art and I am grateful that our kids enjoy these great outings.

Lyana.