Saturday, February 12th, we decided to treat our little family to a special event traveling around the nation:
We thought Lauren would be absolutely thrilled to see it, as "3 Toy Story," as she calls it, had been her favorite video to watch since receiving it for Christmas. We decided to keep it a surprise until we were actually walking into the arena. The idea was a) to have a fun surprise for her, and b) to not have to field a gazillion questions about how many days away it was, etc. In hindsight, maybe we should have told her.
The kids' reactions? Can we say overstimulation?
To Kevin's and my surprise, Lauren just sat there, totally subdued, for the entire performance. Her eyes were glossed over, she hardly smiled--or showed any emotion, for that matter--the entire time. It even took some convincing to get her to eat her hot dog and nachos at intermission. When we tried to get feedback from her, the only thing she said was that she was disappointed that we hadn't bought her a toy from the gazillion cash-cow-vendors parked in every little nook and cranny around the arena. (And may I say, Disney marketing sure knows how to work their magic on kids!)
Brendan's reaction was overstimulation, as well. But you expect that from a baby. At first his little eyes were glued to the skating rink, trying to figure out what the heck was going on. Then he started getting more and more restless, looking around at everyone else, wanting us to get up and move. It didn't help that he was missing nap time. But all things considered, he did pretty darn good--no screaming or crying--just lots of wiggles.
Overall, I'd say the performance was pretty good; entertaining for kids. They cram the major highlights of all three story lines into one show.
My highlight list would include the army men "parachuting in," the aliens dancing under the black light, and Barbie and Ken skating. (Of course, I've always been a sucker for ice skating during the Olympics.)
And yes, we did allow Lauren to get a Bullseye and Jessie toy. But to be fair, she had been doing an AWESOME job cleaning up her room and both her and Brendan's toys in the family room.
Awesome! Reddick will be so jealous :)
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