Samantha was so excited to have a girls day with Grammy and mom and Grammy even bought her a "Princess Day" present---a miniature tea set with, of course, Princesses on them. Samantha held it all the way up to Salt Lake. We had a little trouble with traffic around the Gateway because unbeknownst to us there was a St. Patrick's Day parade going on right down the main street. It wasn't really a big deal and kind of fun to see everyone in green for the parade. I hate parades. Especially in the winter. I mean, who wants to stand on the side of the street, freezing, watching a bunch of people walk and wave?? Not me!! But I digress.
There also seemed to be a "Parade of Princesses" as a ton of adorable little girls dressed as princesses walked toward the Delta Center (oh, excuse me, the EnergySolutions Arena!). Samantha was, of course, the cutest one there and was so pleased to see other princesses like her. She really is the most beautiful girl in the world. I can't say it enough! Again, I digress.
When the show started and Tinkerbell came skating out Samantha let out a huge shriek and started clapping. This is when I began crying. Then when Mickey and Minnie Mouse came out, she jumped 10 feet in the air with excitement. Again, more crying from me. To see your child so happy and excited about something is the most wonderful feeling in the whole world. I felt so content. Like this is what everyday should feel like.
It was a great show and Samantha seemed to enjoy every minute---except of the dragon from Sleeping Beauty. That kind of freaked her out. And Grammy and I thoroughly enjoyed watching Samantha enjoy herself and clap and dance and sing. I wish I could do that everyday with her.
If you're wondering what the little cowboy and his daddy did today, they went to the trampoline place and jumped their little hearts out for 45 minutes! Andy said Alex had a great time and I think they just enjoyed being together. What a lucky gal I am to have such an awesome family! Man we're cute!!
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I'm going to digress a little here too. Kristi comes up while I'm in the shower to tell me that they're leaving. She's told Alex to sit downstairs on the couch until Daddy comes back down. I come downstairs a few minutes later, and Alex is just sitting there on the couch like a good little boy (oddly enough wearing the same outfit as in that picture - cowboy hat and all), watching Food Network. I sat down and asked if was watching them cook, and he said, "Yummy!" Adorable. Then I saw what the guy was making. Spicy fried chicken. Yummy indeed. I watched, and it only got better. So after Alex and I went jumping, we dropped in to Walmart to pick up everything to make the fried chicken and yummy matching corn muffins. I now remember why I hate frying stuff - it's impossible to tell when everything is done. And our electric skillet was too small to do the whole thing in one shot. Long story not nearly short enough, 2 hours later I'm pulling the last piece of chicken out of the oil. It was very tasty, but the next time I want fried chicken, I'll drive the 3 minutes and give the colonel my 7 bucks.
That sounds like SO much fun for all of you! How stinkin cute! I wanna do something like that!
Kristi, I am so jealous!! I would love to take Kaia to something like that. I wonder if the tea set Samantha got was like this one that a friend of my mom's in Thailand let Kaia use while we were there. Kaia literally played with it for hours on end!
Andy, I'm seriously impressed you would attempt that meal. Awesome! How fun to have some Dad-son time, too.
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