Frozen 3D

When the Disney movie Frozen came out, my mom and I took Esme.  She loved it!  Since I wasn't sure how she would do with 3D, we just went to the regular show.  Afterward, when we talked to Esme about it, she said she would like to see it in 3D.  I happen to love 3D and think every single movie ever should be in 3D, so I was more than willing to take her again.  This time Aaron decided to come too.

Esme did great.  I was nervous that maybe when the snow monster scene came, that she would be more scared since he would be coming more out at her, but she did great.

Excuse the second grainy picture.  Hard to get a picture without using your flash in a movie theater. :)

You may be wondering about Esme's hair.  As usual, she likes to pick out her own things, and this is how she wanted her hair done.  

Pigtails, with a head band and 5 barrettes.  The blue flower had to be exactly in the center.  This child.  She's either going to be some fashion hero (in my head this means Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink) or she's going to be a huge fashion hiccup.  As I always say, I don't worry too much about it now.  She thinks she looks beautiful, and it's her opinion that matters most in that.

BTW - I want to go see Frozen again, in 3D.  And I want all television/movies to be in 3D.  The end.

Colors

Esme got some new fingernail polish from Mamoo and Papa for Christmas and was so excited to paint her nails today.  She wanted one color on each nail, so that is what we did.

Here are the results!  Pink, blue, green, orange and purple.  You can't get much better than that.

Today I went back to the Occasional Stores in Buffalo.  Yesterday when I went I was looking for something for the right side of the fireplace.  I didn't find anything really that I liked.  Then last night, Aaron suggested getting something to put behind the sectional on the side nearest the kitchen.  There were a couple of pieces that I saw yesterday that I thought might work, but they didn't.  I did get a very nice tray to put on our ottoman though.

 Perfect for doing puzzles!

Please ignore the mess in my living room, but this side of the couch is now the spot I'm looking to fill.  I'm planning on going to the occasional shops in Anoka this weekend, so maybe I will find something there!  And something for the naked corner!

Busy Day

Today was busy.  It started off with a play date for me! :)  My friend, Kelly, and I went to the Occasional Shops in Buffalo.  I was looking for a few things and found even more...  Yikes and Yaayyy!

We rearranged our living room lately because we got a new sectional sofa.  The television used to be on the right side of the fireplace and we had this old red sofa that was falling apart.  Aaron saw a sectional that was on sale Black Friday and I went and got it.  I absolutely hate Black Friday shopping, but this wasn't too bad.  The store opened at 8:30 so I didn't have to get up too early and it's right across the parking lot from a Starbucks.  So that's good.

Here is the new sofa.

As you can see, we have a huge naked spot to the right of the fireplace.  That is what I was on the search for.  I found something that I loved, but it might have been too tall and it surely was too expensive. $500.  But beautiful!

So needless to say, I still have a naked spot.  For now.

One thing that I was really excited to find was a sign for my stairwell.  I have wanted to put something up there for a long time, but I couldn't find anything that I like.  I thought I may want a saying.  But everything that I saw was super kitchy.  "Home is where the heart is", "Home Sweet Home", "Gag me with a spoon!" - sorry, flashback to my 80's self.

I kind of wanted something to do with reading, so I even looked online for something and just never really saw what I was looking for.  Today we were in our last store before going home and I had to use the restroom.  And as luck would have it, there was just exactly what I was looking for - in the bathroom.  Go figure.  So I guess I have Mother Nature to thank for this - 

Just the simple alphabet.  Perfect!

Sorry for the poor image quality.  The light from the windows is more than my little iPhone can do.  I also got a old stained glass window to hang from the upper window and I'm going to retrim these windows soon so the whole thing will look even better soon!

After I got home, Esme's friend Emily came over for a play date.  They had a great time and dressed up as princesses for dinner.

After Emily left, Esme fell right asleep on the couch.  Shortly, I plan on being asleep too!

What a great day!

Cinderella - Yuck... What???

Tonight Esme, Mamoo and I went to Cinderella at the Children's Theater.  Esme had a great time there when we went to see Charlotte's Web so I was excited to take her back.

Here she is before the show.  (BTW - she made that headband!)

The show was definitely a disappointment.  I had heard from one of my friends that they didn't really like it, but everyone else had raved about it.  I say it was 2 stars out of 5.

First of all, the story is more about the stepmom and stepsisters than Cinderella.  Second of all, it was more of a comedy than anything.  The stepsisters are drag queens which I have no trouble with at all. But there were a ton of jokes and I would say that 90% of them went over Esme's head.  None of them were particularly inappropriate for kids.  Esme just didn't get them.  For example, one of the step sisters throws something to the other one and completely misses.  Insert a joke about Christian Ponder.  

Secondly, between every single act, actors dressed as Dickens era characters did a little scene while the stage was changed behind the curtain.  Since the stepsisters looked like this

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You can see where the Dickens thing doesn't make sense because they looked like this.  Um, what?

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In my opinion, it was very disjointed.

Esme was excited to see the pumpkin turn into a carriage and Cinderella turn into a princess (which was beautiful)

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but she just watched the rest of it in a kind of detached way.  When I asked her what her favorite part was, she said that it was when Cinderella and the prince got married.  When I asked her least favorite part, she said when Cinderella was locked in the closet when they come looking for the girl whose foot fits in the glass slipper.  I don't think the rest of it even registered to her.

I know there are theatrical adaptations to every story and I may not enjoy every one.  This is that one.  Although, I have to say, there was not an empty seat in the theater.  So I must be in the minority.  But if I had to do it over again, I would sit this one out.