Holy week, a winning team, and two openings.

Palm Sunday was yesterday and my parents were in town, which made it even more special than usual because they were around to come to Mass with me and the kids. Tuck is still learning church behavior and I'm thinking of borrowing my cousin Carey's approach to teaching him. When her little boy misbehaved during 9 a.m. Mass, her husband would take the other kids home, and then she'd keep him there and they'd stay for 11 a.m. too. After three weeks he got the hang of being good the first time. :) Anyway, the T-bird spent about 1/3 of the service in back or just outside, so we've got a long way to go to learning quiet obedience.

He was a lot better-matched to the afternoon's activities. Our parish priests have become friends with the rabbi who leads the campus synagogue, so yesterday afternoon they held the first annual "Jews vs. Catholics" men's basketball game. Yup, on Palm Sunday. I took both kids as it was the first time they've attended a live sporting event that wasn't one of mama's races. They had a blast and practically lost their voices cheering for our team. Oh, and the Catholics won, by the way! Both kids want to learn to play basketball now, so the Little Tykes hoop in our family room got a workout last night.

This week had better be full of "being good the first time." It's opening night for the last BETC show of the season, and thus I'm planning two parties on Friday and Saturday for opening night and for major donors. Then next week the CU Opera is doing Leonard Bernstein's MASS, for one night only, with a cast of 350 down in Denver at the Boettcher Music Hall. Both those shows deserve their own posts, but it's worth pointing out that, hey, it's Holy Week, and there's a lot going on already! I'll try to snap some photos when I can of all the week's events. Depending on your personal proclivities, cross your fingers or say a prayer for me--there's a lot to handle on the calendar, and I'll be happy to see next Wednesday get here.