Last month I took E to see the Frozen On Ice show that’s touring around the US currently. We had a special mommy & daughter date and I actually thoroughly enjoyed the show! I was worried it’d be boring, and while it is predictable (it’s basically the entire movie played out on ice skates) I still thought it was a beautiful performance. I found myself getting goosebumps and tearing up at certain points throughout it! Hahaha, oh the mommy hormones; they developed during pregnancy and never went away.

So I had originally purchased tickets myself when they first started advertising the show last year. The tickets are unbelievably expensive, especially if you’re trying to sit close to the rink so your child can actually see the performance. But! A few weeks before the show date, E’s ABA therapist told me that her boyfriend’s company has a suite at our local arena and that he got us two suite tickets to see Frozen On Ice! Say whaaattt?? We didn’t even ask for them; he was so sweet to just go ahead and provide them to us! And luckily, I was able to sell the tickets I purchased for myself and recoup the money we spent on those. Win/win!

Thanks to them, we were able to not only sit in a super cushy suite with its own private bathroom (so crucial) but also were given parking passes to the VIP parking lot that led to its own private entrance to the arena!!! We felt like superstars … Or at least, I know I felt like one. Dizzang!

I honestly hadn’t wanted to buy any of the Frozen merchandise that was being peddled inside the arena but E saw the rows and rows of Elsa & Anna dolls and was the on the verge of a complete meltdown if I didn’t buy her one. Like, we’re talking tantrum-in-the-driveway status, full on meltdown alert; she didn’t even want to step into the suite without having a doll. Since we hadn’t paid for the tickets at all, I figured I could splurge a bit on buying her some souvenirs. Not that she doesn’t have enough Frozen junk at home …

 

She was GREAT inside the show. I think it helped that we were in a suite so she could get up and walk around without a problem but even if we were in regular seats, she would have been content to sit and watch. Popcorn definitely helps in these kinds of situations 😉 I was texting J throughout the show and told him that I thought she was big enough now for a real movie theater experience.

The entire show was 2 hours long and it was around dinner time when we got home. I offered to take her out for some pizza and continue our mommy/daughter date but she wanted to go home and eat with her brother and daddy. What a cutie patootie. All in all, we had a great time and I’m glad I had the opportunity to create some special memories with E. I don’t know if she’ll remember it when she gets bigger but I know I’ll never forget it!