The Brooks Family: Disney on Ice

Char and I went to see the princesses on ice again this year with Amelia and Kim. I read a blog post a couple of days before we left about the effects of Pinterest and Facebook and Instagram and Twitter on parenting our young children. I've read many of them actually, and they are good reminders to me to live in the moment, get off my iphone, and be present with my kids. Because they notices when I'm not. And they won't always want my attention like they do now.

The post I read recently, though, also talked about taking pictures (to later post on Facebook or Instagram) incessantly instead of living in the moment with your kids. So I remembered that during our date to see the princesses, and I lived in the moment with Char instead of checking my pictures and retaking them until I had the perfect shot. And I loved being in the moment with her.

But.

I kept thinking, as I watched her watching the show, that I really wanted to remember forever her big bright smile or they way she belted out the songs without a care of anyone around her. I had that giddy feeling that I've had so many times while watching my kids...when the love just bubbles up and you can barely contain it. Still, I refrained from taking a picture and just enjoyed being with her. But y'all. Now that I'm looking at my pictures...they suck. I'll try to get over that, but I think from now on, I'll enjoy being in the moment with the kids while taking pictures of things I don't want to forget:)

Amelia and Charlotte were super excited to see the princesses...

They ran up to the entrance, but stopped abruptly when they saw all of the people trying to get inside. I think Charlotte was a little startled because she gasped, "Look at all of those people!" We got inside pretty quickly, though, and the show started before we knew it.

Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald were our hosts...

I did try to get a couple of pictures of Char, but I got this face...

And this one...

Then I gave up. So I could live in the moment;)

The stepsisters did a brief little dance...

We think they are so funny.

Then Sebastain came out...

And Flounder...

And Ariel!...

It's really difficult to get good, in focus pictures of those skaters. Especially when you're trying to live in the moment.

After Ariel's story, we got to see Rapunzel's...

Charlotte loves Rapunzel...and Flynn Rider, but she calls him Eugene because that's his real name if you haven't seen the movie). So as soon as he skated out, she yelled, "Eugene!!" Actually, she yelled quite a bit during this part. She really loves to sing the songs from Tangled, so she sang-yelled them during the show...but she doesn't know all of the words, so she just yelled out vowel sounds for the words she couldn't remember:) It was precious. The man in front of us kept turning around and looking at her (with a smile), but that sweet girl didn't even notice. She was too busy living in the moment with Eugene.

There was an intermission after that, so we went down for some concessions...