Loving Love Month

Whew! It's only the middle of "Love Month" and we've had so many "love it" experiences! :)

The above picture was taken of our family at the Disney Princesses On Ice show last Wednesday night. Remember the crazy Christmas Eve tradition of eating fast food after church? Well, since our usual McDonald's was closed, we happened upon Wendy's where you could register to win tickets to see the Princesses on Ice. I entered....after all, I never win anything....and wouldn't you know, I won! "All" we had to do was listen to a scphell on fire safety (no sales involved) and really, fire safety had been on my mind anyway since we now live in a 2 story home.

Andy was supposed to arrive home from South Carolina the afternoon of the show--that was plan A. Plan B happened when the first plane delays occurred--it involved us leaving a little later than planned for the show. DELAY was the word of the day and Plan C involved us picking Andy up at the airport so we all could go to the show together...then Plan D was us leaving a ticket to the show in Andy's car and he'd meet us in Green Bay. Well....as I was leaving the ticket in his car, he called my cell phone and his plane had not even left Detroit yet. ARGH!!!! Plan E then became "girls go to the show, Andy gets home and just relieves the babysitter who was with Colin". What a bummer! But, we made the best of it and went onto Green Bay in anticipation of seeing the princesses. You can imagine our happiness when 40 minutes into the show, there was ANDY! His plane made great time and he was able to alert the babysitter that Plan F was now in play and he was going to meet us in Green Bay! The best laid plans....

Some funny sayings were heard on the way to Green Bay by Ava:
"There are a lot of road signs with my name on it, Mom!" (Available was what the billboards actually said!)
"We're parking at Lambeau Field? I can't wait to see MY Brett Favre!"
"Look! Green Bay even has a twinkling hat sign!" (The old fashioned big Arby's hat that is outlined in white lights!)

It was a really fun night; we all enjoyed the skating; Ava sat at the edge of her seat the entire time--she was in awe of the characters!

(If you click on the collages, you will be able to see the photos larger!)


If you care to see video, click on these links:
A Whole New World (all princesses from 1st half of show)
Snow White's Dwarfs
Ariel and Snow White waking up
Beauty & The Beast and Sleeping Beauty



And finally....Valentine's Day!!!!! After church, the girls noticed 3 little packages on our fireplace mantle. They tore off the paper to find matching "love" pj's and promptly put them on for the rest of the day! :) Colin snatched Ava's heart bow that fell off her head and kept patting his head with it. Once I clipped it in, he went on a laughing chase around the house! It was a fun day filled with love! Happy Love Month!