"The Ten Dollar Founding Father" ...

All summer I was playing the lottery - well, the Hamilton lottery that is - in hopes of winning super cheap tickets to see the show at The Kennedy Center. I could barely believe our luck when Andy informed me that the entry I did under his name had won us tickets for a Saturday matinee. What!? I was so excited to get to bring Adam to see this show - he has been loving the music since I first saw it last fall (here) and Alexander Hamilton was also who he chose to be for the wax museum (see here.)

The tickets were $10 each - which is just crazy. The only catch was the person who won the tickets had to be the one to pick them up from Will Call. So a small hiccup but we made a little family outing of it as well all went downtown together to get the tickets. We were a little nervous wondering what seats we might get - they warn you that your seats might not be together and that your view might be hindered. However upon picking up our tickets we learned that not only were our seats next to each other (phew!) but we were literally in the 2nd row!? Holy cow!

Once we had tickets in hand we still had 2.5 hours before the show so we took advantage of having Andy & Harper with us and did a little picture taking on the rooftop terrace of The Kennedy Center. It was a beautiful day and I was having a flood of memories of times I got to go see shows there with my parents.  

Harper was loving all the fountains and admittedly was bummed that he wasn't also going to get to see Hamilton - as he's become quite the fan of the music as well - just ask him what he wants to listen to in the car and he'll quickly tell you Hamilton - and he'll sing along. 

After dropping us off for lunch, Andy and Harper headed home and from there it was a Mommy and Adam date for the ages! We had a fun lunch sitting outside at the DC waterfront - we watched the fancy boats pull up and played a lot of tic-tac-toe. Then it was time to walk back to The Kennedy Center for the main event. 

Once we got to our seats we honestly could not believe our luck. Turns out everyone in our row was lottery winners. We had an amazing view and the show was unbelievable! I know everyone says it but there really is nothing like this - the music is wonderful, the performances are out of this world, and all the while you're getting this history lesson - I continue to be so thankful to Lin Manuel Miranda for that. Adam was all smiles the whole time (except the kissing parts where he'd cover his eyes) and I know he'll remember that experience for a long long time. 

So thankful that we "did not throw away our shot" and got to "be in the room where it happened."