Disney on Ice

(Our tired children in their pjs after an afternoon at the Disney on Ice) We went to Disney on Ice. I actually remembered the camera but then left the memory card in the computer at home. So I have no pictures, but the stories alone are worth the blog. Mickey and Minnie drive onto the ice and their car breaks down and they say, "Too bad there isn't a tow truck around." Charlie starts grinning from ear to ear, and says, "Mater!" Sure enough Mater peels onto to the ice with his forward and backwards driving. Seeing cars race on the ice was really cool to watch, no pun intended. Next the skaters moved around with big blue flowing ribbons and bubbles came down from the ceiling. Now Andrea's face was lit up as Ariel entered the scene. My favorite part really was just enjoying the kids as their favorite characters came onto the ice. Now the funniest part of the afternoon was a conversation with Andrea during intermission. The picture above shows the ginormous mugs for snow cones. They were pricey and you couldn't get the snow cone without the mug. This lead into another of many economic discussions we've had with our kids lately. I told Annie how many dollars we spent on the snow cones so we couldn't get anymore toys. She saw the concessions man walk by with a popcorn with a Mc Queen hat and said, "Those are only $1. I saw that kid hand the popcorn man only 1 dollar." So I reminded her of when they were earning money for her school carnival just a few weeks ago. They had to trade in their 20 one-dollar bills for 1 twenty dollar bill to pay for their wrist bands. This made her realize that the popcorn might be 10 or 20 dollars and that was expensive like her princess snow cone mug. Later Andrea needed a straw because her snow cone was more slushie-like. I told her that her Sebastion spoon (pictured above) was not only a spoon but also a straw. Andrea exclaims, "OH IT'S A GOOD THING I LIKE EXPENSIVE STUFF."