Thanks grandma and grandad

Finally the day the boys have been waiting for all holidays rolled around


The illusionists 2.0. Their very first magic show. Their first trip to the theatre. Excitement was high. Tristan was not invited.


There were 3d glasses and live 3d streaming (which wasn't that clear).


And this. The stuff nightmares are made of. We were handed an envelope as we walked in that was to be opened at a given point during the performance. I broke into a cold sweat, audience participation. Oh no. I had thought this might happen but wasn't prepared, one of the children would have to be a sacrificial lamb.
The hypnotist had met with an unfortunate accident the week prior so I knew I wasn't going to be hypnotised, but there was still the envelope in question. I thought I had booked seats far enough away from the action, but I should have booked the upstairs balcony just to be sure. Damn it. I told the children that if I got dragged up on stage they were to volunteer I my stead katniss everdeen style. There were tears and protests from them, something about them being afraid, that's enough children I said, I brought you here at your own peril, you will take this bullet for me.

Two people were taken up on stage for a ventriloquist act, harmless enough, then 3 people one had a bag of wheat he had to hold that was slashed by a blindfolded warrior, the other held a board that was split my silver nunchucks by the same blind folded warrior and the last lady had a pineapple placed a top her head slashed in two but none other than the blind folded warrior. Eeek!
Cause for concern?
I'm sure he was a highly trained professional and he was wearing clothes from genghiskhan.com still there was no way the boys and I were getting up on that stage. His final trick was to take a lady's wedding ring put it inside an apple core, put the apple on a plate, the plate on her head and shoot a narrow whilst spinning on a lazy Susan thru the apple atop her head skewer the ring with the arrow and hit the bullseye of a target.
Phew big sigh of relief when that was over.
The boys had a marvellous time and covered their eyes and hid at points but could not get enough.
They want to go back next week.
Oh and the white envelope. It was a clever trick of cards that required no one to go up on stage double phew!

- I wrote this somewhere