Playhouse Disney

As A Christmas present, Cooper got a "date night" with me!

To go see "Playhouse Disney Live"!

So,... this was something that was pumped up over the past few days - a BIG deal!

The day is here, and Cooper gets up at 6:30am, ready to go! Well,.... too bad the show doesn't start until 3:30pm. Oh geez,.... what to do with the extra time....

A new DVD?

a new V-smile game?

his new computer game?

hhmmmm.....

ALL of these new Christmas toys and NOTHING seems to distract him from the fact that.... TODAY he gets to see Mickey Mouse, the Little Einsteins, Winnie the Pooh, and Handy Manny. Hmmmmm,.... maybe we pumped this up TOO much?

Note to self.....

So,... we get Lexi to a fabulous friends' house (thanks Laura), and off we go.

Oh yeah,... I get TRUE anxiety attacks driving downtown.

What is my exit again?

When do I turn right?

Which parking garage should I use?

ALL of the construction and ALL of the one way streets do NOT help anything!!

Luckily (at least I think for the moment), Cooper has fallen asleep. This gives me 100% chance to focus on the parking. FINALLY I settled for $10 parking!! The farthest parking is $7, so for $3 more I get to park closer (and,... considering I decided it a "good" idea not to drag the jackets with us, this ended up being BRILLIANT!).

So,... we park. I get the tickets, purse, snacks, money, extra clothes (just in case there is an "accident"), cell phone (in case Lexi has any problems), the street map (I cannot get lost!), and,.... oh yeah, the KEYS!!

oh,.... gotta get Cooper up,.... he is apparently in a deep sleep and not able to wake up AT ALL!

OK,.... i have everything!

Luckily, I parked right next to the flight of stairs (NOT the elevator!),.... so,... down the stairs we go!

Halfway there, Cooper wakens from his deep sleep, and complains and whines that it is "too cold & windy!" I want to tell him, "well,... just wait until we head back to the car,.... it's going to be worse". But, instead, I bite my tongue and try to get in that "Disney" mood!

When he can see the big, round building that we are headed to, he decides that he can walk now. Thank goodness!! He is quite the skinny boy, but I am thinking he MUST have eaten rocks for lunch when I wasn't looking!

We stand in line, get searched, hand our tickets over, go thru the metal twirly thing that has the counter on it, only,.... Cooper refuses to go thru it, so i have to carry him thru it - twice!

OK,.... finally inside - OFF to the potty! Got that done,.... now we need to get the ONLY things we will be getting: popcorn and 2 bottles of water ($12 and a 20 minute line), and I promised to get Cooper ANY souvenir he wanted. So,... we go stand in line. As we are standing there, I see a Handy Manny hard hat (PERFECT - he got a gift that was supposed to come with one, and it wasn't in the box. He was devastated!). But,... it comes with cotton candy for $15..... NOT!

Oh,.... Mickey Mouse ears - $20.... HA HA HA

Looking over these pieces of junk, I quickly realize that I could've hit it big at the Disney outlet mall BEFOREHAND! Note to self......

So,.... Cooper settled for a souvenir sippy cup with a snow cone inside ($8)

OK,.... I can live with that.

I HAD been smart enough to pack a glow stick (one that Santa had brought).... they sell these junky ones for $15+, that always seem to break in my house a couple of days after the event. So,.... YEAH!!!! Smart move!

OK,.... enough babbling,.... here are the pics!

We made it to our seats 5 minutes before the show began - PERFECT timing!

I took this pic myself!

Check out the cool hair!

Our seats were AWESOME!!! My pics are fuzzy, but it's because we couldn't use a flash!

Here's Mickey Mouse:

Cooper's fave:

Little Einsteins....

Handy Manny

Cooper and his YUMMY popcorn!!

This was during intermission. When the show was going on, he was in my lap!

I got the lady in front of us to take this.
I love it!






Saying "good-bye"

The big finale!

So,.... finding my way back was,.... a little difficult! I did have to stop and get out my map. I re-traced my steps. Probably took the "long" way to the parking garage, but hey,.... I MADE it!!

YES!!!!

We did have to sit in the garage for about 20 minutes (cars were not moving, therefore,.... I could NOT back out!). It's OK,.... in that time,... Cooper and I talked about the show and compared notes. It was a GREAT date!!!