Disney on Ice

Yesterday Ryan took the day off to join Ben and I on his first school field trip to Disney on Ice.   Yes, they're apparently doing things differently these days. We had amazing seats at a great discount through the school and were even allowed to pack a lunch.  We had guessed the show would be about 1.5 hours but the intermission was nearly an hour in.  The only character Ben was at all familiar with was Mickey who acted as a host for the other acts.  Ben then asked when Mickey would come back through most of the other parts.  The first part was Little Mermaid themed and quite amazing and the second was Rapunzel whose recent movie was I think called something else.  Anyway, Rapunzel was a little less action packed and though Ben might have likely hung on, we departed at intermission.  It was just constant putting him back in his chair and attempting to keep him busy with his lunch.  Ryan and I had had enough as well. We felt we had gotten our money's worth and were ok heading to Ikea where Ben had also begged to go many times throughout the show.  Ryan and I were both really shocked by the amazing skills of the skaters and overall professionalism of the show.  I think Ben's school does this every year so we just need to indoctrinate him with all things Disney in the next year and he might care a little more next time!

We used the rest of Ryan's day off to get some Christmas shopping done and in proof of Christmas Miracles, Ben slept in the stroller for nearly our entire many-houred Ikea trip.  The little prince has a head cold and had been up early so we weren't surprised.  His willingness to go to bed on time was surprising and a sure sign that he's fighting that cold. 

We soaked up every extra minute with Daddy and Basil Doc's pizza,  home-made cookies, and snuggles on the couch were the perfect end to a great day.