A Magical Day

11/07/2010 12:27:00 AM Edit This 5 Comments »
Just as I was leaving my office last night, Kim mentioned that Disney on Ice was coming to town and asked if I was taking Lexie. No I hadn't heard about it but I've wanted to take her for the last year or so since she's at the prefect age to really enjoy it. Naturally I jumped on line and sure enough they were in town - THIS weekend and it was Friday evening! Now when I said in town I meant in Everett (which is 1 hr 47 minutes away according to my GPS) so I figured if I can't get decent tickets this late then I wasn't going to drive 4 hours round trip. Clearly it was meant to be since they had 2 tickets just slightly off the middle in the second row! How could I say no. But I didn't tell Lexie until we were getting on the elevator to go up to the show. Nothing worse than hearing "are we there yet?" for two hours straight.
Do you think she was excited? She really didn't know what we were going to see except that Micky, Minnie and princesses were involved. Needless to say, it sounded like heaven to Lexie. 
They certainly know how to entice the young buyers (or rather their parents) as you make your way to your seats. I managed to keep Lexie to one Minnie cup which was really pretty cute.
The timing of everything couldn't have been better. We weren't in our seats more than 10 minutes when the show started. And what a show it was. Disney really knows how to put a production on - and this coming from someone who was in the business for 13+ years.
This was part of the opening number and here is Lexie's reaction when the lights went down.
Watching her was the best part of the show for me. And she was captivated the whole two hours. Magic!
Here she is watching Micky the Magician try to get the brooms to work during the Fantasia number. She wasn't sure if the brooms where his friends or not.
Then it was on to the Halloween act with all the villains. Lexie didn't like that much and climb onto my lap. She has never seen Beauty & the Beast, Snow White or any of the classics except Cinderella because of all the "Bad Guys." She knows the characters because of the wonderful sing a long videos that have all the best parts of the movies - the songs. So she was very worried that Mickey would eat the apple from Snow White's Evil Witch. Have no fear ALL the kids in the audience told him just say NO!
After the bad guys were chased away the Fairy Godmother turned Minnie into a princess. Then all the princesses explained to Minnie how she would know when the right prince comes along. This was a big number and a BIG hit with Lexie.
 I'm sure you're surprised but the act ends with Mickey and Minnie realizing they were meant to be together. Ahhh...
Fifty minutes later it was intermission and Lexie couldn't have had a bigger smile on her face especially when I broke down and bought her these flashing Minnie ears.
Pretty darn cute!
Then she had to do the Hot Dog Dance!
 She said the ears made her do it!
Fifteen minutes of buying time later, it was time to take in the second act. It started on the beach with Lilo & Stitch.
 Then we were off to Japan with Minnie...
 and Lexie was helping Mickey look for Minnie in China.
 Here's Mulan and her man (sorry but I can't remember his name) trying to figure out where Minnie has gotten to.
After a few more exotic locals they find each other and true love of course. Then it's time for the final celebration - Christmas. I did tell you this was Disney on Ice - Let's Celebrate didn't I?
 Who better to play Santa than Goofy? Then where there is Santa there are Toys as in Toy Story 3 a real crowd pleaser (for everyone but Lexie who made me leave in the middle of the movie because it was scary.) But Lexie does like Jessy so we made it through this part:-)
 Then the Princesses & their Princes had to join the fun
 and of course the stars of the show had to outshine everyone else by coming back in a carriage.
 They even had some fireworks
It really was a terrific show and I would recommend it to anyone with kids under 8 or even 10. And no Lexie isn't upset about the show only that it's over. This is her reaction when I told her they weren't coming back. So pitiful!
Hearing this for 2 hours was worth every penny.
It really was a magical day all because of my little Minnie Mouse.
I hope you and yours have your own magical day really soon.

All Treats - No Tricks

10/31/2010 11:21:00 PM Edit This 3 Comments »
The day finally came - HALLOWEEN!!! And the real costume came out. Raggedy Ann was just for school since I couldn't let her wear her real one all day for class. Lexie really wanted to be a princess (like a million other 4 year old girls) and I refused to give Disney another dime. When I saw this costume on line I knew this was perfect for Lexie so I explained to her that the Queen is in charge of ALL of the princesses.....and she bought it!! So here she is my Queen of the Nile - Cleopatra.
She first got to wear this to dance class on Wed.
They were all adorable and still taking their lesson seriously. So cute!
Then this morning I decided if she asked me one more time when she could put her costume on and go trick or treating, I'd have to show her just what a trick was. So I took her to JUMP which just opened in Gig Harbor a few weeks ago to get a little (okay a LOT) of energy out.
 She had a ball, made a new friend, didn't ask me about her costume all morning and took a two hour nap!! I love this place and I'm sure we'll be back.
After that lovely nap we had a light dinner, got her dress and headed down to Gig Harbor for the crazy street party. And best of all NO RAIN!!! They have predicted rain for Halloween for the last 10 days so I should have known it would be dry. Must be nice to make 6 figures and be wrong most of the time!
This is the night time Cleo. Poor thing had 2 long sleeved shirts and 2 heavy pair of tights on under the dress. And it ended up being about 55 degrees.
It was crazy and crowded this year. We live in a very small town but I think everyone from miles around came to downtown Gig Harbor to see and be seen.
We did run into a few friends. Even Glenda and her side dish the Tin Man (what? you hadn't heard that they are an item!)
 It was so crowded even the birds took off.
But Lexie had fun and even met a new friend - Rapunzel. Lexie was so cute. She would tell everyone who she was, then say "Now let's be friends." I think she and Rapunzel are meeting for a tea party next week.
The Peacock (or as Lexie calls it the Pea Hawk) was one of my favorites homemade costumes this year.
Lexie just had to stop and ride the horse like last year. I told her I really didn't think Cleopatra road a horse but she insisted that she did. Who am I to argue with the Queen?
After the crowds of Gig Harbor we headed back to Port Orchard for the local Harvest Festival and a little miniature golf...
a ride in a carriage...
 some fishing...
 a little treasure hunt....
 a really fun cake walk - at least Lexie was having fun. Not so sure about the boy next to her.
This was when she won. Who knew what fun winning a Ding Dong was?
There were several other games that were all a lot of fun but this one was my favorite. Do you know what she was tossing?
 Fish and bread into the baskets!!! Can you tell this was held at a church?!
After too much fun and way to much candy, we headed home with just a couple of stops for actually door knocking. But I've saved the best for last. Here is Lexie telling me who she was for Halloween as I was getting her out of her costume and ready for bed.
Happy Halloween!

Halloween Party & Festival

10/29/2010 11:43:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
Today was a big day for Ms Lexie Lou. We started out with her Halloween party at school and of course she got to wear her costume.
Pretty cute hue!??
 And she LOVED her tights as you can see. She thought they were sooo cool!!

Then we were off to school where she literally skip the whole way into class.
I had time to stay for a few minutes while the kids got ready to go trick-or-treating to the other offices in the building. But first they made them change into their slippers which didn't make sense but I talked her into going with the flow.
Here they are lined up ready to go. The little girl behind Lexie told me her mommy forgot to dress her up so she's just plain Bennett today. I told her no that she's anything but plain she's a butterfly like on her shirt. She's so sweet!! And don't you love pooh too!
And they're off!
 How adorable are they? Strawberry Short Cake was one of my favorites.
There was a whole flock, bunch, gaggle of princesses (what do you call a group of princesses?), 2 Buz Lightyears, a policeman (he is NOT a cop) and even Avatar. All this in pre-school.
After trick-or-treating around the building they returned for snacks and then they broke open a witch pinata (Lexie's favorite part) and were read some scary Halloween stories. Sadly I had to miss all that and go to work but Lexie said it was a great day at school.
I was surprised when I picked her up that the wig was still on even if the make up was pretty smeared.
Then we were off to piano lessons.
The braids keep getting in the way so off came the wig. Then it was home for a quick dinner and off to the fall festival at one of the local elementary schools.
 It seemed to be very crowed this year but Lexie still enjoyed all the games and candy..
The cupCake Walk was a big hit
and her gaming skills have improved.
She was very disappointed though that she wasn't big enough to "Be a Candy Corn." Even when I was putting her down to sleep tonight she mentioned that 4 year olds just aren't big candy corns. Poor baby!
But riding this bike powered windmill seemed to make up for her lack of Candy Corn height.
She still had a smile on her face even when we came home, had a quick snack and she hit the hay.
This was 2 days before Halloween. I don't know if the real day will live up to today.
Hope everyone enjoys thier spooky weekend!
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