EVEN OUR POOP IS CUTE: Disney Princesses

I booked tickets for Lili, Drew and I to go see Disney Princesses on Ice several months ago. In fact, it shocked the CRAP out of me when Drew said he wanted to go at all. Really? You would 'want' to go to Disney Princesses? Well, o.k. then. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he wanted to be a part of it...but we're talking about the guy who wants to train Lili on shooting ducks and geese...and get her geared up for ice fishing. Going to an event where they puke pink and purple all over the place didn't exactly sound like his ideal way to spend a Saturday afternoon. I jumped on his enthusiasm though, got him a ticket...and then he was stuck with us. I booked a babysitter for Will (1 year old boy sitting still for 2 hours? NO WAY.) and the 3 of us got on the road. The show was in downtown St. Paul at the Xcel Center, which is about a 45 minute drive from our house. Of course just as we are driving through downtown Minneapolis (approx. 35 miles from home), I realize that I forgot to print our tickets and they cannot be picked up at the door. So we took a detour, swung by Drew's office, printed the tickets there and made it to the show about 10 minutes late.

Lili was great during the 1st half and was especially excited to see Ariel and The Little Mermaid scenes. She loved Sebastian! The 7 dwarfs were also a hit. They ran through a couple of songs from each 'main' princess movie (Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Ariel, Mulan, Jasmine and Belle)...then we sat through an intermission. During this time one of our friends (who was sitting down the row from us), came over with her daughter, Audrey, to chat for a minute. The girls were so cute together and Audrey, who is 4, was helping Lili try on her various princess crowns.

The 2nd half of the show wasn't quite so interesting for Lili. It was essentially the Cinderella story and although Lili likes Cinderella, it didn't hold her attention for very long. Next thing you know, Lili decides she wants a hot dog and it was downhill from there. She squirmed...wanted to get down...whacked Drew in the face with the wand we got her...and kept reminding us of her desire for a hot dog. Telling a 2.5 year old that we would get lunch AFTER the show was not acceptable. Needless to say, we left about 30 minutes early. Cinderella wasn't so important at that point, however our SANITY was. Now please don't think she was awful...she wasn't. In fact, considering how long we had already been sitting there, she did well! Anyone with a 2 year old though knows that when it's time to go...it's TIME.TO.GO. So we left. Miss. Lili was so hopped up on lemonade and 'pock-korn', she talked the whole way home. She sang...spewed out lists of words...would randomly tell us she loved someone or liked something...asked where 'bay-bay' was... I'm pretty sure she could have run a marathon...with her mouth...

Here are some pics highlighting our day:

This is Lili dawdling...and her father not helping the situation...