Disney On Ice

The kids and I after the show.  (Dan was a little freaked out by the ice.)

Back in February I heard about a way to get free tickets to Disney on Ice.  We had to go downtown and donate a children's book that was going to be going to the homeless shelters in town.  Everyone who wanted a ticket had to be present which worked out fine for us because we had just started homeschooling.  We pushed our homeschooling back to the afternoon and headed downtown to the Energy Solutions Arena to get our tickets.  Kenny had no interest in going (He has this thing against ice skating) so I figured I'd leave Adam home with him.  I knew if I got Adam a ticket we'd have an extra one so I called my mom on the drive to see if she'd want to take the extra ticket.  She wanted to and I was happy to have some help.  Just as I was parking I thought of my sister in laws.  April had just had a baby the week before, but I knew it was something Mindy would be interested in.  I called her as we walked to stand in line.  She was just loading the kids in the car to go to the store, but decided free Disney On Ice tickets was more important, so she hurried over and waited in line with me.  We ended up getting 12 tickets between the two of us.  We called to see how old you have to be to require a ticket and found out the 2 and under were free.  Mindy was leaving her baby Tate with her in-laws which meant Daniel, and Landon and Lilly were free.  That left us with 3 extra tickets.  I called April to see if they wanted them, but they were going to be out of town.  I called Karen and she decided it would be fun to bring Missi and Alli.  We were so exctied to have the tickets taken and to have Karen and girls there.  

Ben and Dan posing in front of Woody.

Hannah and Gracie posing for a picture.

Sarah and Dan in front of the Woody poster.

The night of the show we all met at the food court at the Gateway.  We had dinner and then I sent Kenny home with Adam and the rest of us headed to the show.  We stopped for a few pictures and then just before the show started we found our seats.  Our seats were amazing.  I figured free seats would be on the side, way up high, but our tickets were front and center, just a few rows up.  It was perfect.  When we found our seats as the lights were starting to dim.  Mickey and Minnie Mouse came out on their skates and Daniel started to freak out. My first thought was that it was going to be a LONG night, but luckily he settled down once he realized they were going to stay on the ice. I think he thought they were going to come get him and he was not at all okay with that.

The Toy Story characters on skates.

Ben watching the show.

Lilly and Mindy waiting for intermission to get over. 

Gracie and Grandma enjoying the show.  We're so glad Grandma was able to come.

Landon watching the show.

Dan loves Buzz and Woody and he loved the show.

Sarah and Missi had a lot of fun together.  We're so glad Karen and the girls could come down.

I've never been to a Disney On Ice before but both Karen and Mindy have been to a few.  They said this was the best one they've been to.  It was quite enjoyable and the kids we so good.  I'm really glad I chose to leave Adam home (I think he was a little too young to stay seated that long) and I'm really, really glad I found out about the free tickets.  It was such a fun night that was totally unexpected.  Free stuff is the greatest.  :)

Woody, Jessie, and Buzz Lightyear

Grandma got the kids all a toy.
Ben got a Buzz hand, Sarah got a Jessie cup with a shave ice in it, and the other three got hats.

The group, minus grandma who was taking the picture.

We got home after Adam had gone to bed.  The following morning he discovered his siblings toys from the night before.  He was not at all willing to share them.  I guess it's only fair he play with them of a little while considering he didn't get to go.

Adam enjoying his brothers toys the morning after Disney On Ice.