So, for the couple people that haven't given up on my sparse blogging... you may remember that I took Eli to Ireland for a medieval banquet a few weeks ago for his birthday. Today Ava got her "special day" with mom. We went to London to see The Lion King. She did pretty well considering the play was almost 3 hours long! We had awesome seats right close to the front and by the aisle... so Ava's little face was priceless when all the animals paraded down the aisle and onto the stage for the "Circle of Life" number. When she saw the
elephant (which was huge), she got a little freaked out and stayed on my lap for the rest of the show. I did have to do a lot of explaining but she clapped enthusiastically after each song and claims she loved it!
Here we are after the show... other than to pose for this picture the kid did not hold still for a single second after the lights came on... I guess 3 hours of sitting still was a little much for her! So, I "bounced" her through
Covent garden to look at the Christmas lights for about an hour before we got on the train to come home! I would have taken a picture of the Christmas lights... but I was using all my hands and wits to keep my daughter from launching herself into space (did I mention I let her eat an entire bag of chocolates while sitting still for 3 hours?)
Ava in her awesome seat at Lion King!
The "Mom was her too" picture!
Ava likes to play "guess the animal", "guess what I'm thinking", or "You're ignoring me some I'm going to count to 119 really loud" whenever we are out and about. So, realizing that I have a finite amount of patience, I loaded a new Dora episode onto the
iPOD. It kept her busy for about 20 blissful minutes... until Boots the Monkey reminded her that she would rather play guess the animal with me...
So, for the couple people that haven't given up on my sparse blogging... you may remember that I took Eli to Ireland for a medieval banquet a few weeks ago for his birthday. Today Ava got her "special day" with mom. We went to London to see The Lion King. She did pretty well considering the play was almost 3 hours long! We had awesome seats right close to the front and by the aisle... so Ava's little face was priceless when all the animals paraded down the aisle and onto the stage for the "Circle of Life" number. When she saw the elephant (which was huge), she got a little freaked out and stayed on my lap for the rest of the show. I did have to do a lot of explaining but she clapped enthusiastically after each song and claims she loved it!
Here we are after the show... other than to pose for this picture the kid did not hold still for a single second after the lights came on... I guess 3 hours of sitting still was a little much for her! So, I "bounced" her through Covent garden to look at the Christmas lights for about an hour before we got on the train to come home! I would have taken a picture of the Christmas lights... but I was using all my hands and wits to keep my daughter from launching herself into space (did I mention I let her eat an entire bag of chocolates while sitting still for 3 hours?)
Ava in her awesome seat at Lion King!
The "Mom was her too" picture!
Ava likes to play "guess the animal", "guess what I'm thinking", or "You're ignoring me some I'm going to count to 119 really loud" whenever we are out and about. So, realizing that I have a finite amount of patience, I loaded a new Dora episode onto the iPOD. It kept her busy for about 20 blissful minutes... until Boots the Monkey reminded her that she would rather play guess the animal with me...
2 comments:
so fun. yea, my iphone is my kid entertainer in a pinch.
Hey Ness, was the last Broadway musical you saw Annie Get Your Gun in NYC?! As I recall, you spent the better part of that trip 'chaperoning' while talking to your new found love, Eric! My how time flies!!! The musical sounded like a blast- sticky chocolate hands and all! Love, Mimi
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