Girls Night Out

Claire and I had a fun girls night out last night at Disney on Ice at the Sommet Center. I told her a few weeks ago that we'd be going, and of course she asked me again, and again, and again if it was time to go "ice skating." Even though I told her many times it wasn't us who would be skating, I'm still not sure she "got it" until we arrived. Here is a picture of us just before we left on our mommy/daughter date.

Our friends, Ellen and Lily, went with us to the show. We had high aspirations of going to the Old Spaghetti Factory downtown beforehand, but it was quite obvious when we arrived there that everyone else with children had the exact same idea. Instead of waiting, we decided to go to the Wildhorse Saloon, which actually worked out perfectly because they weren't crowded, and the girls had a ball looking at all the horse statues. They even took a few minutes to dance around on the dance floor. After that, we walked over to the Sommet Center and took a few minutes to check out the Princess pre-show. If you ask me, a little disappointing. Sure, they had the beautiful costumes of many of the princesses, but I think it would have been a major upgrade to have actually had people in those costumes! Oh well, they didn't ask me and it was still kind of neat. Here is a picture of Claire and Lily in front of the exhibit for Ariel!

And here are a few pictures from the show. It was hilarious to see how mesmerized all the kids were with the whole thing. They featured stories/characters from the Little Mermaid, Lion King, Cars, as well as Tinkerbell (I found out today that there's a movie coming out about Tinkerbell - how genius of them to preview the story in this show!). Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy were also there. It was so cute and kind of gave me the bug to to to Disney World! We had a fabulous time and it was nice to be able to do something special with my big girl!

Ariel and her friend Flounder....

...and the big finale of Tinkerbell.