So I left off after we had just met Jake.
We went straight to get into the first Disney Jr. Live on stage show. But just as we got there they were closing the doors and putting up the rope.
I felt bad that my plan hadn't quite worked out... but then a CM said, hey guys follow me.
So we followed her.
She led us past the meet areas and into the building through a different door. Then she took us into a CM only area and through some back doors and into the show! It was awesome! We sat at the back on the right side of the stage except for my dad who has a hard time sitting on the floor. He stood by the wall a little ways behind us.
Not the best view in the world. But it was still great. And the kids loved it.
Most of my pictures ended up like this one: blurry.
They loved all of the interactive elements.
They were freaking out about the gold dublooms falling from the ceiling.
I loved the host of the show. She was really cute and energetic and she kept coming back by us to talk to and give lots of attention to the girl in the wheelchair you can see behind Maddy in that picture. It was really sweet.
After the show was over we went straight into the Animation building to do the animation class.
There was a little bit of a wait for the previous class to get out but we only sat there for probably about 15 minutes if that.
I brought along a Spot It princess game and between that, some play packs, the gold dublooms, and some stickers the CM gave us while waiting, the girls were happy as could be.
It was at some point during this time that I handed everyone some snacks. This is where I am mad at myself. I didn't write down what they were and for the life of me I don't remember. I think it was some kind of fruit snacks.
My mom was eating hers and Maddy yelled, "Grandma you ate a TED!"
We were all so confused.
She ate a what? Who's Ted?
Sometimes Maddy pronounces her words differently and is hard to understand (like crayon sounds like crown)
and she got frustrated with us.
" She ate a ted! She ate a Ted!"
Finally touches her head. And then all of a sudden we all understand what she is saying. "Oh. She ate it's head."
"YES!" She laughs.
It was pretty funny.
Then we were finally let into the animation room and claimed our spots toward the back as it was a pretty full class and we wanted to get six spots all next to each other.
So the CM in charge starts asking for suggestions. my girls were saying Olaf... but not very loud.
Someone yelled Stitch and a bunch of people said, yes!
My girls did not.
You see, we are not Stitch fans. Yikes. I know. There are so many Stitch fans out there. Alas, we are not among them.
Oh well.
Now comes another funny Maddy moment.
When we were there when Maddy was baby, she was making the weirdest noises during the animation class. I have no idea how to even explain them. She had these tween aged boys next to us falling out of their chairs laughing. The boy that was teaching the class noticed and said I hope someone is getting this on film for Funniest Home Videos. Darn it. We didn't.
Anyway, back to this day, Maddy talks A LOT. She kept talking and talking and even though we were all the way in the back, the CM heard her say she couldn't do Stitch. She said you can draw whatever you want if it's hard for you. Maddy was thrilled and was so excitedly talking about what she was going to draw the animator laughed and said please come show me your work after class!
I looked at Doug and said it looks like Maddy is going to make a scene every time we come to this class.
Well, we all got to drawing. These are our finished products:
Mine and Maddy's:
Abi (you can see she drew whatever she wanted as well) and Doug's:
My parents- we all laughed at my dad's. He is actually a pretty good artist. But he could not figure Stitch out and we decided he looked a little like a Stitch/Yoda hybrid.
Oh and here is a picture of the girls going up to show the CM their drawings.
It was a lot of fun.
We were going to go to the Little Mermaid after this but the line was really long so instead we decided to head to lunch as it was now 11 and the girls were saying they were hungry. We thought we might as well eat early and beat the rush.
We beat the rush all right. We got over to the restaurant and realized they didn't open for another 20 minutes. But that was okay. We decided to sit down and just enjoy hanging out together.
Where were we for lunch?
We ended up being really glad we waited and got there early because as soon as they opened they got PACKED! By the time we left it was hard to walk anywhere there were so many people in there.
About that food:
Doug had a cheeseburger and fries, I had the buffalo chicken bites and fries, the girls both had chicken strips and fries. They got cookies and we got chocolate mousse. It was all really good. I was surprised by my buffalo chicken bites. I did not think they would be as good as they were. But they really did taste like eating buffalo wings. They were good and spicy. Loved them.
My parents both got burgers and fries as well and got cupcakes for dessert. They both enjoyed their food too. Definitely a win for lunch.
Up next:
Fire! I don't like Fire! Deja vu.
But seems like it was a great day for you all!
