MY BIRTHDAY

So I turned 16 last week and it has been an amazing week so far. I woke up to breakfast in bed which was so nice cuz like; that never happens. So I had breakfast and got up for school. Because it was my birthday, I had something in the morning so I came in a little late at break. 

When I came in I was greeted by the biggest hug I have ever had by my friend Emily ( I think she was more excited about my birthday than me LOL). She got me a box of celebrations to have at home with my family but ... I ended up eating them throughout the day along with some of my friends so they didn't last long.

I had a relatively normal day at school so the real fun started when I got home as I was having a party with my family when I get home.

I walk home so when I did arrive, my Mom was waiting for me at the door and she brought me into the kitchen. When I went into the kitchen, I was so shocked with all of the decorations everywhere! There were banners and balloons on the walls and my mom bought helium balloons with Happy Birthday printed on them. The room looked so pretty, then she told me to look at the table and there, on top of a neat tablecloth was every sweet I loved, marshmallows covered in chocolate, handmade cupcakes and a cake that my mom baked herself. What really made me laugh was when she told me that she forgot to add a raising agent so it was very short in height LOL.

But it was still delicious!!!

I was told by my mom and dad that they are saving my birthday present until my birthday party with my friends so I got little things like candles (which I really wanted) and some pamper stuff.

I had a fun night with my family and it was a great birthday.

The next day, my mom called me out to the kitchen saying that something wouldn't print from her laptop. I tried to solve the problem and it turns out that her laptop didn't have the printer software in it yet, because it was new, so she couldn't print anything from it. Little did I know she was trying to print my birthday present !

So I ended up finding out that a part of my birthday present is to see Peter Pan in the Gaiety theatre !!! I had been telling my parents that I wanted to go for months and all they said was that it was sold out but now I have tickets to see Peter Pan THIS SUNDAY !!!! I am so excited and I can't wait to see my favourite story being brought to life, live on stage !!! I can't wait til my party on Friday so I can see what my other present is ... It can't beat this one ! :D

Peter Pan !!!

"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it"

~ J.M. Barrie

So.... I have always had a little "obsession" with Peter Pan. It is my favourite childhood fairy-tale and my all time favourite story.

When I was little, I was in love with the Disney version of Peter Pan. As i got older I began to watch the film based off of the JM. Barrie play and the PJ. Hogan screenplay starring Jeremy Sumpter. So I have always had a huge interest in the classic tale but as I got older I wasn't as preoccupied as when I was younger, that all changed on December 4th 2014.

I had heard that NBC in America was going to to a live television production of the broadway musical Peter Pan. When I heard this I was so excited!!! 

I started by doing research on the cast to the point what I could tell you their life story and then I rewatched all of the versions of my favourite childhood story.

Peter Pan has always had a place in my heart. 

A lot of people don't know that Peter Pan has ALWAYS been played by a woman. I had always known this from my extensive research but when people found out that Peter would be played by Allison Williams (star of Girls), the critics had no problem sharing their opinion on the cast.

Allison proved them wrong in the 3 hour production and her performance completely blew me away. She captured the innocence and childlike personality of Peter so well that you would swear she was born to play the part... The songs weren't that bad either.

Hook was played by oscar winner Christopher Walken and the lost boys were played by the cast of Disney's Newsies.

This amazing show sparked my interest in Peter Pan and JM Barrie's other writings. 

When christmas came around I received a hardback copy of JM Barrie's book "Peter Pan and Wendy" which is one of my favourite stories. 

Peter Pan is full of many hidden meanings and it's such a diverse story. I would highly recommend the musical, films and book to anybody. 

So that is one of things I did over my Christmas holiday.