Date with Mom and Grandma

On Saturday, my mom treated Melanie and me to a special date. We got to go to the Hale Theater to see Beauty and the Beast! Melanie got all dressed up in her princess best. She was too cute.(Complete with princess hair, of course).
We picked up Grandma Traci and headed to the theater.
The play was a lot of fun. It wasn't the Beauty and the Beast that you think of when you think Disney, but the story was similar. In the play, Beauty had 2 sisters. This confused Melanie, who kept asking me if those were really Beauty's sisters. The Beast was pretty scary looking to me. The Beast had two "friends" that came out of pictures "hanging" on the walls. They were pretty entertaining. I think we all enjoyed ourselves.

After the show, we met Beauty and Beast. I wasn't too impressed by the line, considering we stood in the "front" of the line for about 15 minutes, within reaching distance of Beauty, and yet people kept coming in front of Melanie from the side to talk to Beauty and Beast and get their autographs. I finally just stopped everyone and put Melanie on their laps for a picture. Perhaps that was cranky of me... but it was really hard to explain to Melanie that she had to wait when she was truly in the front of the line. *sigh*. I think the actress that played Beauty wasn't helping anything because she just kept talking to all the kids (which is sweet, but was encouraging the problem instead of the solution).

After the show, we went out to lunch. It was cold outside, but with the heaters, we were able to enjoy the outdoors and be comfortable.

Thank you Grandma Traci for such a fun date. Melanie and I both had a ton of fun. Melanie is still talking about it. We love you!