About a month ago we saw Disney On Ice was coming to town and it was starring Tinkerbell and Friends, so we decided to get tickets for Rylee and me. We wanted to make the night really special, so Daddy got us front row tickets.
We started the evening with getting dressed and ready to go. She wanted to go dressed as Tinkerbell, so we did. We dropped Nolan off at the babysitter, and all Rylee could talk about was how excited she was to get to "our show!" We got there early to walk around and check out all the booths, and of course we ended up with a few souvenirs. Rylee got a Minnie Mouse stuffed animal and Nolan got a light up toy, picked out by his big sister. After browsing we headed down to our seats, and they were amazing. We were literally a yard from the ice, with nothing between us and the ice! Rylee was so excited and kept asking me when the show was going to start, and then the announcer started announcing countdown. Every time he would say something like, "5 minutes until the show starts," Rylee would get more and more excited.
Well, the excitement quickly turned to pure terror in a matter of a second. Side Note, when we were at Disney World Rylee was terrified of most of the characters, but we had talked about it with her and thought she was going to be okay at the show. Well, we were wrong. The minute Mickey skated out she started crying that she wanted to go home. It was really sad to see, and I was worried we really might have to leave. I took her off to the side and we called Daddy, and we decided we would try to sit a little higher up. I talked to the usher and she said we could go anywhere we wanted, so Rylee picked out a seat 5 rows up and suddenly everything was better.
From the moment we moved until the end she was fixed on the ice. By the end she loved it and wanted to see more.
The show really was great. We got to see the characters from Cars, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and Tinkerbell and Friends. The skaters were fantastic, and I was really impressed with how well they skated. In the end I would definitely take her again, we would just skip out on the front row and do the next section back, silly little girl.
2 comments:
What a special Mommy/Daughter Date. Way to go, Daddy! Krissa, you did a fantastic job capturing the night and sharing it with us. Thank you. Rye, you are such a big girl. I'm glad you got to do such a grown-up thing with Mommy. Love ya lots!
How fun!! I'm actually surprised more kids AREN'T scared of those big huge characters, I can see why she'd be intimidated by them, ya know? :-) Glad she was okay 5 rows up so you guys could enjoy it! :-)
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