This year, my little gang at Paperhand Puppet was sadly lacking in teenagers – Emily had other things to do (sigh).  And honestly, she didn’t miss much as far as the actual show went: it was ok, but not their best ever.  On the other hand, I got to spend a perfect fall evening under the sky with Paul, my parents, Amy & Boomer with baby Jojo, and Ken and Karen with Xak and Nova.  The little boys mostly ran around on the grass, but Nova sat on my shoulders the whole evening, cooing and pointing at the giant frogs, birds, and assorted nature-spirits as they bounced and floated across the stage and through the audience.  The best part was, every time she got really excited about what she was seeing, she would drum her tiny hands on the top of my head.  :)