We arrived in town a little bit early and needed to kill about 15 minutes of time. Rylee has been asking to go to the animal shelter, and as luck would have it, there was one across the street from Chuck E Cheese. I took her inside and we checked out the adorable furry animals, but what she was most enamored by were the fish! We spent the most time in the fish room and walked past each tank (there are 50+ of them) twice. It wasn't quite the experience I thought it would be, but she was happy and that's all that mattered. I almost couldn't get her to leave to go to Chuck E Cheese (one of her favorite places)!
Chuck E Cheese was fun. I hadn't been there since I was a kid. Rylee has been there though and as soon as she saw the building she told us, "There it is!" She showed us around the place, starting with a ride on the carousel, which my mother told me previously, is her favorite thing there. James and Rylee played lots of games and Rylee and her cousin rode several of the little rides. She wasn't interested in dancing with the "band" though...too bad, because I would have been right there dancing with her! I even got her to sit down and eat a piece of pizza, which I thought would be a huge feat.
The highlight of our day though was definitely Disney on Ice. What a fun family show!! Thanks to my mom and myself, Rylee has over 20 Disney movies and we watch a couple of them each day. She knows nearly all of the Disney characters and their stories. In the days leading up to the show we talked about which characters she would see. Minnie Mouse is her favorite, and while she was looking forward to seeing all of them, Minnie was at the top of her list. On the way to the arena she talked about Minnie Mouse and that she was going to give her a "high five" when she saw her. While walking to the arena from the car, Ry said, "I'm so excited!" As soon as we walked in to the arena, she called out, "Minnie! Where are you?" It was quite adorable if you ask me. We walked around a little bit, checking out the souvenirs and killing time. When we ran into her aunt, Rylee asked "Have you seen Minnie?" This girl was bound and determined to see the pretty mouse in high heels. Ironically, she picked out a MICKEY Mouse souvenir though.
We finally went in and sat down in our seats. To our surprise, Grandpa was sitting there wearing a Flounder hat, which came with his $12 bag of cotton candy (gotta love overpriced snacks). As soon as the show started, out came Mickey, Minnie, Daisy and Donald. The beautiful little blond sitting next to me in her Minnie Mouse outfit squealed and jumped up and down in her seat!!! Oh my word she was excited!!! She put her hand up to her mouth and giggled uncontrollably...she was shaking, she was so excited!! I almost shed a tear at how excited she was. I'm pretty sure I will never forget that moment.
The Lion King, The Little Mermaid and Lilo and Stitch were the shows of the first half. They were very beautifully choreographed with lots of bright colors and wonderful music. Rylee loved all 3. I think The Little Mermaid was our favorite -- it was the most colorful and had the best music. Rylee loved all of the music. She is my little dancer and rarely sat still in her seat. She even claps along to the beat very well.
After the short intermission was the final show, Peter Pan. Rylee doesn't know the Peter Pan story, but she does know Tinkerbell and was very excited to see her! When the show was over she didn't want to leave (never mind it was past her bedtime). She talked about the show the whole way home and kept asking "Where's (insert any of the characters here)"? The first thing she asked me this morning when she woke up was, "Have you seen Tinkerbell this morning?" I may have to take her again :) I should also mention that Wyatt loved the show too!!
THANK YOU, DAD, FOR THE SUPER FUN EXPERIENCE!!!!
Disney really knows how to bring the kid out in all of us. I love watching the movies, going to the Disney stores, and now Disney on Ice will be a tradition for me I think. I can't wait to go to Disney World some day! I have never been and am so glad I will get to experience it with the children I love most!!
To continue this wonderful weekend and keep the Disney magic going, I am taking Rylee to her very first movie theater movie today. We are going to see Disney's new animated movie, Frozen. I have heard nothing but great things about the movie and am excited to see how Ry will do in the theater. She has a grandma, aunt and uncle who are very frequent visitors to the theater and I have a feeling she will join their club:)
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