Disney On Ice: Let's Celebrate

Wednesday, Dave, Kaitlynn, MawMaw and I ate dinner at T.G.I. Friday's then went to Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate at the Scottrade Center. We had awesome tickets and really enjoyed the show. The show started out with the candlestick from Beauty and the Beast and the song "Be Our Guest". Belle and the Prince, characters from Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Cinderella, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Peter Pan, other princesses and characters from other Disney shows took the ice. Of course Mickey Mouse had a special first appearance! The first celebration was a birthday or should I say Un-birthday! Then we celebrated Halloween with the characters from Nightmare Before Christmas, Cruella from 101 Dalmatians, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, and many others. The last celebration to end the first part of the show was finding true love. Of course, all of the princesses and princes showed off their skills on the ice! After intermission, we took trips to many different lands to watch their celebrations. The last holiday celebrated was Christmas. What a magical time with snow falling and the characters from Toy Story and Tinker Bell also came to the ice. It was such an awesome celebration! I loved watching Kaitlynn's excitement throughout the show. Some parts she was mesmerized and didn't move an inch. Other parts she was up dancing and moving away. It was such an amazing event!


Information about the show: It's one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends ! Enjoy a winter wonderland with Mickey and Minnie Mouse, a halloween haunt with the Disney Villains, a very merry unbirthday party, a royal ball with the Disney Princesses and more in a magical medley of holidays, celebrations and festivals from around the globe. Come join the party when this spectacular ice show visits your hometown !
This show is coming to St. Louis, Missouri on Mar 10 2010 - Mar 14 2010. It is playing at Scottrade Center.

The coupon code is MOM. With this code you can purchase four tickets for $44 for any performance!
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Minimum purchase of 4 tickets required; additional tickets above 4 can be purchased at $11 each.
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In exchange for my review, I received complimentary tickets and a program for this show.

Cat in the Hat, Clifford and Mother Goose

Tuesday Tara, Bailey and the new baby came over for a playdate. Kaitlynn and Bailey cracked us up at the end of the playdate. They were telling each other "thank you for sharing", "I love you" and other nice things like that. What made it funny was that during the playdate they were not so nice and didn't share so well, but at the end they sure seemed to think they did!

After lunch, Kaitlynn and I went to MawMaw's. We went shopping for all of Kaitlynn's friend's birthday presents (or at least most of them). Shopping early - no procrastination here (for once)!
We went to Great Grandma's to visit with Great Aunt Sue and Great Uncle Dale. I also had to deliver Sue's Avon.

We attended Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss at the ECC. The Cat in the Hat, Clifford and Mother Goose were there, too. Kaitlynn made a Cat in the Hat hat, several books, a bookmark and won a paper back book (from a name drawing). We participated in Songs, Stories and Sillies.

Pretty Eyes

Yesterday morning / early afternoon while Kaitlynn and I were getting dressed, we were in the bathroom and Kaitlynn said "Mommy your eyes are pretty." I said "My eyes are pretty? Thank you." She said "Your eyes are pretty with that shirt." Then she asked if they match. I said, "Well, Kaitlynn my shirt is red and my eyes are blue." She is such a sweet and funny girl.

She went to preschool to see her friends Tyler and Jordan. They played outside for a bit since it was so nice. She loves to boss Tyler around and Jordan loves to boss her and Tyler around. I should say try to boss her around. She really doesn't let him boss her around and Tyler doesn't let him boss Kaitlynn around, either. It's funny seeing them interact with each other. She was so cute running around with her St. Patrick's necklace and bracelet and a crown. The boys are totally fine with her being a princess. In fact, Jordan told her she looked like one!

She had a lot of fun playing with Sassy and running around with daddy in MawMaw's yard. She hit her nose and forehead on the picnic table and was still concerned about being able to play outside. She didn't even want to come in to eat dinner. She loves being outside. I can't wait for spring (and neither can she)!

We had to return a couple of recent birthday gifts that she received and she convinced us that with her gift cards, she should get a water table. The only problem: she thinks she can use it in the house. No way! It is going outside.

Sharing, PW and Beauty

Sunday we attended church. Kaitlynn attended her class. This week's lesson continued to be about sharing. After church, we went home to eat lunch and then went to pick up Kaitlynn's birthday gift - a Power Wheels Jeep. She had so much fun driving it.

That evening, Kaitlynn and I were in the bathroom. She was looking at herself in the mirror (a small freestanding one) and I was telling her how beautiful she was. She moved it towards me and said "how do you look?" I said "what do you think?" She said "you look beautiful mommy." Then later while I was downloading the pictures from the day, she said "I'm going to take a picture of you because you're so pretty." Isn't she sweet?

Favorite Player

The other day Kaitlynn had her Cardinals / Pujols shirt on. She was jumping on the bed saying "see my birds". I told her they were cardinals. She started jumping up and down saying "cardinals" over and over. Dave asked her who her favorite player was and she said "Mickey Mouse" without skipping a beat. We busted up laughing! Who knew Mickey Mouse played baseball and played for the Cardinals!

*This picture was taken in Fall of 2009.

Does This Look Silly?

This is what Kaitlynn asked me as she came into the room with my bra on.
Then she asked daddy the same question and proceeded to twirl around with my bra.
Lovely!

Preschool Field Trip

Kaitlynn and I were invited to go with MawMaw and her preschool to a field trip to tour the Mehlville Fire Department and the kitchen at Fortel's Pizza Den. Touring the Fire Department was really neat. The kids got to see their living quarters, the fire trucks, check out their uniforms and the device they use to find people when they are trapped in a burning building. The kids all got to sit in a fire truck and have their picture taken. They all received fire hats, pencils and a magnet, too. It was really bittersweet and reinforces how important my brother is and what a hero he is everyday for putting his life on the line to save other people's lives. How cool it is to be able to know a hero personally! It also made me realize that I don't pray nearly enough for his continued safety. After the fire department tour, we went to Fortel's Pizza Den. I missed the tour, but apparently the kids got to touch the pizza dough, but not much else due to health regulations. We had some delicious pizza and the kids played in the game room. Kaitlynn passed out on the way home, which was really nice since she has been giving up naps lately.