Family Trip To Disney On Ice!

Boys,

Today we took a family trip to see Disney On Ice! It was Mickey and Minnie's Magical Adventure. Daddy had told Mommy earlier in the week that during this weekend we should take the two of you out somewhere and Mommy came up with a great idea to go see this show. We all loaded into the car and headed out to see the show, but along the way Daddy had typed the wrong address into his GPS and we ended up somewhere else in the city, but after talking to Uncle Brian, and finding the correct address we were back on track to get to the venue. Uncle Brian, Auntie Amanda, and Cole had all seen the show today as well at an earlier time, and they said we were going to love it!

We got to the show with time to spare and headed on inside. As soon as we got through the doors there was a large table filled with many different items that were being sold related to the show. They had Lion King, Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Mickey Mouse, and Lilo and Stitch stuffed animals, they had mugs and cups of all the shows too, but it wasn't any of these items that grabbed your attention Benjamin. They also were selling a toy that when you pressed the button and held the button in the toy would spin very fast with many different lights on it. The man working at this table knew what he was doing when he handed it to Daddy and asked if we wanted to try it out. Of course once we tried it out you would never want to hand it back Benjamin, and if you did you would scream and cry because at that moment in time that was the coolest toy you ever laid your eyes on, and the very thought of parting ways with it was devastating. So, they got Daddy hook, line, and sinker and you ended up with a new spinning flashing lights toy with Mickey Mouse on top, and Daddy ended up with a lighter wallet.

Before we got in the car this morning Mommy had told Daddy that they sold flavored ice at the show, but for fifteen dollars! Daddy made a joke and said that no one was getting flavored ice today, but as soon as we gave our tickets to the people working at the front and headed further inside the building we saw another table selling all the same things the previous table had, but this table had the flavored ice. One of the mugs that the ice came in was in the form of Stitch's head from Lilo and Stitch, but it was only ten dollars! For some reason Daddy couldn't say no to this and he bought one for us to enjoy, but at the same time they had Cotton Candy that came with a Flounder hat from Little Mermaid, and since Mommy loves Cotton Candy we got that as well. The show hadn't even started yet and already this was one expensive trip!

We finally made it to our seats right before the show was about to begin. The lights went out and out from behind a curtain came Mickey Mouse! Mickey was joined by Minnie, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy. Pluto had to stay home because he did not go on this Magical Adventure with the rest of the group. Mommy was very sad that Pluto couldn't make it this time around. Benjamin, the second Mickey came skating through that curtain your eyes light up and you started yelling out "Mickey, Mickey!". Daddy was so happy to see how excited you were that it almost brought tears of joy to his eyes. Jonathan, you sat down on Daddy's lap for the a little while before being transferred over to Mommy.

Mickey and Minnie were taking trips to each one of the Disney Classics that we were about to see, and their first stop? Pride Rock! We saw the Lion King take place first and this is where the excitement levels went through the roof, because the two of you love this movie very much! Benjamin you were happy to see "Kitty King" on Ice! Rafiki the Monkey came out on stage first and skated for a little while before being joined by young Simba and young Nala. They sang "I Just Can't Wait To Be King", before Timon and Pumbaa came skating out for "Hakuna Matata". During this performance young Simba became an adult! It was such an awesome part of the show to see The Lion King performed, be it briefly, but we all enjoyed it!

After The Lion King was over Mickey and Minnie and their friends came back out and their next stop was going to be under the sea in the Ocean! It was time for us to see the Little Mermaid! Yesterday Mommy had put on the Little Mermaid so the two of you could watch it before we came here so you would at least have an idea what this was all about. Mommy said that while the two of you were in the living room watching the movie she tried to do some dishes, but she had to stop doing the dishes because one of you was up to no good! She came into the living room and caught you Benjamin dancing on top of the coffee table to "Under the Sea"! We reminded you Benjamin of this moment today when they sang "Under the Sea" live in person! They sang all the great songs from this movie and then a giant Ursula came out from behind the curtain before Prince Eric beat her! Seeing the large Ursula and all the smoke in the building was cool!

We went back to one of those expensive tables and got some lemonade. Mommy had asked for some nachos, so we headed back inside the arena and gave Mommy the lemonade before heading back out. We waited in a very long line for the food and while we were waiting in line Benjamin you kept saying "Ice! Ice! Ice!", and because Daddy was holding you of course you kept saying "I'm Stuck!, I'm Stuck!", the people waiting in line with us thought you were very funny. They were treated to your comedy show during intermission. We finally made it to the counter and there were no nachos so we bought some french fries! When we made it back inside the show was about to pick up again.

Mickey and Minnie were now landing in London which could only mean one thing. The last stop of their adventure was going to be with Peter Pan! Mommy had also put this movie on for the two of you to watch, but this didn't catch your attention or interest. It was during this last portion of the show where the two of you didn't want to sit around and watch anymore, especially because they weren't showing Mickey Mouse, or Lion King anymore. Benjamin, you kept throwing your toys onto the floor, and Jonathan you not only lost a shoe, but one of your socks as well! There was a little girl sitting behind us that was standing most of the time and when she was standing Benjamin you kept turning around trying to touch her! Peter Pan was good though, we saw them all fly in the air with the help of Tinker Bell and her fairy dust! It seemed very dangerous! There was a part during this performance where Tinker Bell got very sick and we all had to clap our hands together to bring her back to life, which you did Benjamin!

After Peter Pan was over all of the characters we just saw came back out again and joined Mickey and Minnie on the ice one last time. We got to see the Lion King one more time before the show was over! It was such a great experience, and for the majority of the time the two of you were extremely well behaved. We started to head out and back to the car. It was the last day of 2011 and we spent it with Mickey and Minnie Mouse on their Magical Adventure. Daddy spent alot of money on these extra items we just had to have, but it all endedu p pretty good because later on in the night Mommy told Daddy to get a scratch ticket because she was feeling lucky and Daddy made all of his money back and then some!

Can't Wait To See What 2012 Brings Us,
Daddy