Aladdin

It's no secret that I love Tuacahn so when Dad called and asked if we would like to go with him and Jackie to see Aladdin of course I said yes. We left a few hours prior, drove up to St. George and met up with Dad and Jackie at a restaurant, grabbed some food and headed off to Tuacahn. Talli was the only one to go to the kids care this year and it was so sad dropping her off, she normally does fine at the gym and nursery so I thought she'd be fine there, she sobbed and clung to me and I had to tear her off of me to hand her over it was heart breaking.
The show was fantastic. They did such an excellent job. Maylee and Dutch both loved it. The Genie was amazing. There are no word to describe how well he did. David was first in line again this year to meet the characters after the show. Maylee didn't run up and give any hugs this year but she was still very thrilled to get her picture taken with Jasmine.

Dutch's Birthday

We made a rule at our house that our kids only get to have friend birthday parties on their even birthdays. Mainly because they cost a lot of money and require a lot of work. So this year Dutch turned 6 and got to have another friend party. He was thrilled. He has made a lot of friends at school this year so he was allowed to invite six friends. He wanted to have a Power Ranger party. He helped pick out his cake, he got to pick out a pinata and some party favors. The day of the party came and his friends arrived. I thought about having it all structured and giving myself a headache over it but then I decided to have some plans thought out for if they get bored but to just let them play. I bought a bunch of the big punching balloons, they played with those for about 45 mins, fully entertained, the ran all around the house, played on the broken trampoline and had a blast. They had a great time breaking open the pinata, opening presents and eating cake. As much effort as goes into these parties, they are totally worth it. I love watching my kids playing with there friends and having so much fun.

Dutch really got spoiled on his birthday this year. A week before his birthday David took him to see Batman Live here in Vegas. They left early and went and got some pizza and then headed to the show. Dutch loved it.

Wicked

      Mom and I decided to take Maylee to see Wicked when it came to Las Vegas. Mom insisted we all wear emerald green. I made Maylee a skirt and spent a lot of time finding my outfit, surprisingly emerald green isn't as easy to find as you might think. The day of the show was a super busy day. We started off going to Dutch's baseball game, then rushing home to get ready for the show and then we headed to the show, went to Chuck E Cheese for Dutch's birthday and then mom got proposed to at my house.

      The show was awesome, of course, and Maylee did really well. She really loved the bright, colorful, singing and dancing scenes, but it lost her attention on the dark, sad scenes. But she never got fidgeting or bored and wanted to leave. She's even asked several times when she gets to see it again. It was so much fun to take Maylee out by herself and do something for just her. I never do that with my kids and I really need to do it a lot more because it was so fun spending the day with Maylee and she certainly loved it and it made her feel super special.