Since Kym (Odie's mom) and I would be taking the girls out to eat after the show, I decided we needed some birthday cupcakes to eat there. I can make a box mix cupcake as well as anyone, but let's just say that my cupcake decorating skills are a little lacking.
We gave Charlotte a "jewel" bracelet to wear to the show (and then she insisted on adding all sorts of other fancy jewelry, including three sparkly hair bands that she insisted were elegant rings). Then, she went into her model mode and posed for some photos.
Kym and I drove the girls downtown (just being downtown was a big treat for them -- the "Batman building" is always such an exciting landmark to spot) and finally figured out a place to park. Immediately we spotted 4,000 other little princesses -- most decked out in their favorite princess dresses -- rushing into the theater with their parents. Odie and Charlotte didn't seem to mind that they weren't dressed like princesses. They just kept asking where the real princesses were.
When the show started, Charlotte went into a trance. She didn't even suck her thumb for the longest time. She handled the wicked queen in the Snow White vignette pretty well, though at one point she worriedly announced "I DON'T LIKE THIS!" Poor Odie (age 4) was shaking like a leaf in Kym's lap. When the Cinderella portion began, both girls cheered up (Odie was so relived that she laughed maniacally at the little mouse puppets) and visibly relaxed. Intermission came in the middle of the Cinderella story. I failed to get a shot of the girls together, but here is Charlotte enjoying a sucker that Odie brought her.
The rest of the Cinderella story went off without a hitch, but then Beauty and the Beast started. Neither girl liked the Beast at the beginning of course, but they relaxed once the Beast started wooing Belle. Then came the scary scene where Gaston is trying to kill the beast. The special effects lighting was a little intense and we could hear little scared girls wailing all over the theater. Our girls handled it pretty well, though. When the show ended (with all three princesses and their princes coming out flanked by Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy) the girls clapped wildly and cheered. Odie announced that she wanted to go to another show like that again soon. It was very sweet.
We herded the girls back to the car through a new crew of princess-seeking little ones rushing toward the theater for the second show. I'm so glad we went to the matinee -- I'm not sure Charlotte would have handled all that drama so well as she was getting tired at the end of the day.
The outing ended with dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Brentwood. Charlotte and Odie were a little wiggly and goofy at dinner, but we had a great time. It felt like a vacation for both Kym and me to be out with only one child each. After we stuffed ourselves with dinner, we ate the cupcakes that the girls had been begging for all afternoon long. Is there anything better than a cupcake to a four-year-old?
Only five more days until my sweet girl officially turns four!
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