(upbeat music)
(gentle music)
- Good morning, everyone!
Today's a very exciting day.
Not necessarily for me. I changed my medicine
and it's not working out for me,
but we'll figure it out. I'll get there.
But, today is very important for the kids.
- Can I tell live?
- [Chris] Yes, you can.
- Today is the day we go to see Hamilton.
- [Chris] Oh my goodness, I am so excited for you.
- Yeah, I'm so excited for me.
- [Chris] You're excited for you?
- Yeah.
- [Bailey] No, wait, wait, ticket?
Is that ticket?
To, to, to....
(paper shuffling)
(baby talks)
- Angel-es?
- Oh, wait, I don't know what this is.
- Thought it-
- Oh, wait.
No, I know what this is.
- Hamilton!
- [Jessica] So tickets to see Hamilton in Los Angeles.
- Oh my gosh!
(kid laughing)
- [Jessica] This will be the first big venture
we take together
(girl squeals)
and I'll be taking you
and daddy's gonna stay home with the younger ones
because they're too young to be able to go to the show.
They're gonna hang out at Auntie Pantie's house.
- [Chris] Oh!
- (Bailey) Oh wow!
- [Chris] Auntie Pantie's house?
- Oh my gosh!
- I've seen the performance, but not on stage.
So.
- [Chris] You've seen a recorded performance.
- Yes.
- [Chris] Yes.
- I've seen a recorded performance.
I have an idea of what's gonna happen, but I'm not sure.
- [Chris] Excellent choice in clothing, Bailey.
I like it.
- We're going to see Hamilton and I'm so excited.
We're sitting in the middle.
- [Chris] You're sitting in the middle?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Yeah. You guys have some pretty good seats.
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Jacob also sporting some Hamilton clothings.
- Yes. I can't wait to see the show.
I love Hamilton.
This is the best Hamilton clothes I could find.
It was red and white.
And this, I don't know.
(boy giggles)
- [Chris] I especially like the cookie monsters.
- Thank you.
- [Chris] Down here.
Got some cookie monster socks.
Do you think you're gonna eat some food there?
You're gonna get some concessions?
- I don't know.
- [Chris] I wonder if they have colonial food.
- What is colonial food?
- [Chris] Like food from Hamilton's time.
- Oh.
- I've had some colonial food.
- [Chris] You have had some colonial food.
- I actually made some too.
Apple cake, I think is what I made?
- [Chris] Yeah, you guys have...
- Yeah. And we went to like this restaurant
in Disneyland that had really good colonial food.
- [Chris] Yeah. So there's that place in Disney World.
- [Chris] We are about to eat dinner
at the Liberty Tree Tavern
which is a really cool colonial...
Would you just call it colonial?
- I think so.
(baby squealing)
- Duncan's very excited.
- [Chris] Oh! Did you find something you like?
- [Parker] Which one's our menu?
- [Chris] What are you gonna eat?
(baby talks)
- [Chris] The Liberty Tavern.
And then we also ate
at a place when we went to Colonial Williamsburg.
Do you remember that?
- Yes, I do actually.
- [Chris] Yeah.
- So we're eating at King's Arms Tavern.
It's really cool cause they feed us food
from the time period and explain a little bit
about each thing that we're eating.
So Bailey's eating some relishes.
Are they good?
- I don't like them.
- The pickled watermelon rind was so good.
(orchestral violin music)
- You're not on focus.
- (violin music)
- [Chris] That was really good too.
- Yes. That was really good.
- [Chris] Maybe instead of popcorn,
they'll serve like...
mutton.
- What?
- [Chris] (laughs) I don't know.
- Did you say mud?
- [Chris] Mutton.
- What's mutton?
- [Chris] It's like meat.
Just, they give you a little sack of meat.
- Really?
- [Chris] No, I don't know.
- We're packing up the car right now
to drive them over there.
It's pretty much an all day event for them
because they have to get there an hour early
to show their vaccination cards
and everything, get situated.
We're pretty good drive away from there.
And the play itself is like three hours.
So it's gonna be kind of an all day event.
I'm gonna drive them over there.
Faith is with us today to help us out.
We're going to bring Rue with us.
The three little boys
and Faith and Rue are gonna go with me
to I think my sister's house
and we're just gonna hang out there til the play's over.
So it should be a pretty fun day.
I'm glad that you're here with us
and Rue's here with us too.
You ready, Rue? You ready to go?
You ready to go?
- So we are off to see Hamilton.
I'm so excited.
This was the kids' big Christmas present this year.
And it's for all the kids that are vaccinated
and at the age where they're allowed to go
to the theater to see this show
because you have to be at least five years old.
Bailey, Jacob, Parker, and I are fully vaccinated
and we get to see this show. I'm so excited.
This is our first big thing. Like this is it.
We've been self isolating for two years, almost.
And this is a big day
and I don't know what will come of it.
I, luckily the case numbers are down right now
and like they're on their way down.
So I'm hoping that this is a good time,
but I guess you never really know.
And we've done our best.
And we,
I think things are like kind of as good as we can be.
So we will see how this goes. A little nervous
but I'm also like, I'm not too nervous.
I'm a little nervous.
I'm like, uh, but I'm really excited.
Like I'm excited to be around people.
I'm excited to enjoy a show together.
Like what a cool way to like really get back into the world.
Like to see this incredible show
with people around you who are excited about it
and just to see incredible talent and art.
Like I'm so excited
and I did get us really good seats
like this isn't something I would normally ever do.
Like this is a big, big, big splurge
and very different than how I operated in the past.
So I guess there's like a shift there too, you know
like I'm willing to maybe invest a little bit more
in this really, really really special and incredible,
incredible performance. Like we love the show.
We've been singing these songs for a year and a half.
We've been running around our house
like singing them
and enjoying them.
And they really got us through a lot of this time.
And I was thinking about that this morning
like I was like, wow, like what a difference this has made
for our lives just in the past year and a half or so.
Like, it's so cool.
So I'm really excited that it's going in this direction
and this is how we're kind of going out
into the world again.
I'm very excited and Merry Christmas.
- [Chris] Ah, you're here.
You're doing it.
- I got my theater hands up.
- [Chris] Whoa!
(upbeat music)
- [Jessica] Look at that.
What do you think? You excited?
- Yes.
(woman giggles)
- [Jessica] Bailey. Now, we're getting out.
It's time! Getting that last boba sip in.
(theatrical music)
Oh my goodness.
Look at the set.
And the Pantages is beautiful.
You're so excited?
- Yes!
- [Jessica] And you got a little seat thing?
- Mm-hm.
- [Jessica] Nice.
- Where are we?
- Auntie Pantie's house.
- Auntie Pantie's house. It's nap time here,
so we're being quiet. Duncan's being really good.
We've kind of took the long way here
so that I could show Duncan Hollywood.
What'd you think of Hollywood?
You liked it?
What was your favorite thing you saw?
- The dinosaur.
- The dinosaur?
The dinosaur above Ripley's Believe It or Not?
- Uh-huh.
- Yeah, that was cool.
I showed him the AMC theater with all the hand prints in it.
I think it's an AMC theater.
I'm not sure what the-
it used to be called the Grauman's Chinese Theater.
It used to be called a bunch of stuff.
So I'm not sure who owns it now
but we went by there and we went by the Magic Castle.
What'd you think of the Magic Castle?
- It was good.
- It was good?
But now he's got a balloon.
That's the most important thing right now.
- [Chris] Are you driving a car?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Yeah?
Whoa, whoa.
Hey, I've got a question for you.
Do you like pizza?
- Mm Mm.
- Do you like pizza?
- Yeah!
- [Chris] Do you wanna eat some pizza right now?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Let's go get some pizza!
(kid squeals)
- Okay.
Pizza.
- [Chris] How's your pizza?
Is it good?
You got a cup?
What's on your cup?
What is that? A whale?
(kid mumbles)
- [Chris] Whale?
(kid mumbles)
- Yeah. I see it.
(kid mumbles)
Another whale?
Is there a fish?
(kid mumbles)
- [Chris] Oh yeah. Two fish.
That's right.
- We saw a real skid steer with gravel
and a real dump truck.
(kid mumbles)
- [Woman] You guys having fun?
- Yeah.
(acoustic music)
- [Chris] How was it?
- Good.
I got this shirt.
- [Chris] You got that shirt?
Ah, it's a good one.
You needed a shirt.
(woman squeals)
- How was it?
- It was excellent.
- [Chris] You liked it?
- I highly recommend it. Oh, it was so good.
Look at this.
Can I get an Uber? Hello!
- [Chris] I know, look at us.
- It was fantastic. It was totally great.
I feel like I had these high ex-
I had high standards for it
because we're so used to the excellent recording
that's on Disney+, and it was so good.
The actors were incredible.
Everything was great. So, so good.
Pass it back.
- It was so good.
I can't believe how good it was.
It was super good.
I loved it.
I don't have words to say how good it was, but,
if there was a word to explain it, it would be that word.
- Wow! It was amazing.
It was so, so,
so, so amazing.
I loved it.
- Mm
- So that was so cool.
I like, I don't know how to explain it.
It was so good.
I recommend seeing it in person.
It was so good.
You could like feel the vibrations and all,
like
it was just so good.
It was so good.
It was super loud and it was amazing.
(kid laughing)
(kid mumbles)