Disney on Ice 2012

Dode took advantage of discount tickets he can get through work to take the girls to Disney on Ice again.  He ended up only taking Elizabeth and Miriam because Anastaya had plans with a friend.  Anastaya was so disappointed not to go, especially when her plans fell through too late to get another ticket!

This year's show featured princesses and story lines from Tangled, Cinderella, and Princess and the Frog.  We'd told the girls ahead of time that there'd be a lot of vendors selling lots of fun things but their treat was getting to go to the show.  Miriam emptied out her piggy bank and stole (with his permission) all the money from Jacob's Karma Bowl (a bowl where he keeps his spare change) and came up with $10.  She was sure she'd find something to spend it on.

She ended up buying cotton candy that came with a crown for only $12!  She thought the crown was so special that she continued to wear it for days afterwards.

Miriam with the crown that came with the cotton candy.

Miriam with her friend Savannah

When they got to the show Miriam noticed right away that a bunch of her friends were sitting in the tier above them and she wanted nothing more that to join them even though she had better seats.  Dode convinced her that they could visit but she'd need to sit in her assigned seat.

I made sure Dode brought the camera with him.  When he got home I asked him if he'd gotten any photos.  Yep, two!  One of Miriam with her crown, one of her with a friend, the photos you see above.  What about a photo of Elizabeth or the $11 cotton candy?  Nope!  We don't have any photos of Elizabeth but she took plenty of pictures of the night.  I think I could figure out everything that happened at the show from the 200-300 photos she took.  Following are a very small percentage of the photos she took.

This elaborate coach made one loop around the ice and was never seen again.  Dode was amazed that they'd spend so much time building something that would be used for less than a minute.

Princess and the Frog set

Elaborate sets are part of the Disney magic.

The princess grand finale.  Princesses from many movies and Mini and Mickey all dressed in white versions of their famous dresses out on the ice at the same time.

Elizabeth was trying to get a photo of the line for the ladies bathroom.  It stretched half way around the outside of the stadium.  

Elizabeth opted out of a photo in the lego coach but she was willing to snap their picture.