Cinderbrella! Sleeping Boody!

We had a great time at the Disney Princess on Ice show this past Friday. It was really a great show that we all enjoyed, but Ansley was quite mesmerized by it. She got to see all her favorite princesses - Cinderella (she says Cinderbrella), Sleeping Beauty (yes, Sleeping Boody), Jasmine, Ariel, Snow White, Belle and Mulan (who she wasn't familiar with but still enjoyed). There were bubbles everywhere during The Little Mermaid, a big fire scene from the dragon in Sleeping Beauty, lots of great ice skating and dancing, fireworks at the end and princesses galore. It was the perfect thing for this three-year-old! Here is a picture of John and Ansley before the show:

Here are all the princesses skating in the end:

And after going on the whole time about Cinderella and how that was her favorite, she picks out a Belle doll as we leave. A three year old's right, I suppose:

My mom is here, which is why I haven't been blogging lately. It has been really nice to have her here! We have made curtains for Ansley's room and are working on curtains for our bedroom, plus a duvet cover for Ansley's new down comforter. I'll post some pictures of her room soon.

This has been a week of humorous sayings for Ansley. Last night we had bad storms pass through, and John was going to explain to Ansley what thunder was so she wouldn't be scared. So he asked her first, Ansley do you know what thunder is? And she says "yes, Daddy, it's when two clouds come together and boom!" Seriously - that's my daughter. She gets her intellect from her daddy. ;) Earlier this evening she was changing clothes and was running around her room naked. John scooped her up and started patting her heinie. When he set her down, she said "Daddy! My heinie is not a toy!" We laughed and laughed and laughed.

Due to the storms all night last night, we knew Ansley would not sleep in her room, but three in our bed is somewhat challenging too. So we brought in the Ansley sized futon in our room and told her she could sleep there because of the storms. We had no idea how it would go, and although she did go to bed later since it was thundering, she slept on that futon by our bed all night and didn't wake up until 10:30 this morning. I was amazed! She's been going through a "my room is scary" phase, so we are trying to get it done in the hopes it won't be scary anymore. She has already told us she loves the curtains, so I guess that's a good start.

I was able to go to my Mom's 'N More group last week while my Mom and Ansley stayed here. I had a good time - it was great to chat and be around other moms. The group I'm in is the 'preschool' group, and since you are grouped by the age of your oldest child, every one in the group has either a 3 or 4 year old child. So it was nice to talk about the challenges and joys of this age group. I'm looking forward to going again this week! (since my mom will be here all this week too!)

I'll try to update more often. I hope you all had a great weekend!

Comments

[Liz]

Oh wow, what fun! Of course Ansley had to have a Belle doll. Sweet! I love to hear about how she is *thinking*. Makes me smile to hear about a young mind working.

[Ashley]

I can't believe it's already been a week since we were there - but now only 2 weeks until we'll be back :) I had totally forgotten about the show and am so excited y'all had a blast! Can't wait to see all the new stuff when we come...how about the nursery - any decisions yet what it will be?

[Wendy]

Looks like everyone had lots of fun!

[Wendy]

Belly shot, please.

[Wendy]

Ok, I admit it I'm hooked on these blogs! I started with your blog after Eddie told Nelson about it at Thanksgiving.... you added people, who added people. So much fun! Such cute kids!

My question is:
How can you (Megan) ask Ashley for belly shots and not provide your own. This is not fair! LOL!

[Megan]

Come on, Wendy - there's two pictures in there of my belly, but not one of Ashley's. ;)

[wendy]

But you are further along! Bet Ashley agrees. Come on Ashley, work with me here.

[Ashley Jansen]

I'm afraid to post a picture right now because I haven't gained any weight so that means whatever pooch you see in a picture is just the all natural Ashley Jansen typical pooch! And isn't that sorta embarassing? What I'm more interested in is a before and after of the kitchen and pics of the room improvements in Ansley's room. But really I'll see them next weekend - so post what you want! HA!

[Wendy]

True.