It's been one of my goals this year to be more purposeful about doing things as a family. We so easily get caught up in the day-to-day hum-drum of life and all things that must be accomplished that we forget to have fun!
I hadn't planned this one really and it wasn't on my idea list but....driving home from work Disney on Ice "Princesses and Heroes" was advertised on a Billboard. My first thought was the tickets were probably outrageously high and Rory might be too young. BUT....I do love Disney and all of the magicalness so I contact my friend Stephanie to get the scoop. She is also a lover of Disney and had just taken her son who is a few years older than Rory. She assured me we would have a blast--and we did!!
I didn't tell Rory what we were doing until that day--I thought he might ask a million questions but shockingly he seemed very reserved about the entire thing. Most likely, he just didn't understand what we were doing.
I had prepaid for parking when I ordered our tickets (which weren't that bad for a family of 3)-this was our first time in the Arena District and we had ended up at at 2 other parking garages before we finally found the right one. Secretly, in that moment, I was aching for Cincinnati--I always know where to park down there. Nonetheless, now I know a little more about Columbus--and that I need to budget extra time to find the right garage!
Our pics aren't that great--all we had was our cell phones. After packing all sorts of goodies in my bag I didn't have room for the camera.
Since Josh isn't into Disney and Rory didn't know what was going on, I was easily the most excited in our little group!! The show started with Mickey and Minnie coming out--I didn't expect them to be there--Rory was so happy! It was so wonderful to see his face and hear how excited everyone was that I cried. I couldn't help it--I'm probably the only Mom that cries at Disney on Ice but I was so happy that everyone else was happy!
It was all done up in true Disney magic and was a wonderful evening! Next year, Broadway's The Lion King is coming to Cincinnati and we will be checking that out. Now that I know Rory can sit through 90 minutes of ice skating I think he would LOVE to see an onstage production!
2 comments:
Chris and I saw the Lion King years ago. We are going to take Hunter with us this time as well!
Jenna - I cried too, the first time that we took Shane to Disney on Ice. I was overwhelmed by his reaction to my love of Disney that I was the only one in our group crying! I am so glad that you guys did this!
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