BEST Girls' Night EVER

Last weekend we had the BEST girls' night out! Me, Annabelle, Grandma, Brittany and Paige all went to Disney Princesses On Ice. The girls LOVED it--more than I thought possible. I have to say, when Annabelle loudly shrieked in excitement when Ariel made her entrance I almost cried with happiness :) How cute is that?! Following the shriek she spun around a few times, not knowing quite how to express all that emotion :) It was adorable. Ursula even made a good impression on her, and the next day she told me that "Ursula was a sweetie!" Ha ha!

This fondness for the villain however wasn't totally out of the blue--she also has a soft spot for Cinderella's step-sisters (who are "cute and funny"), the "monsters" on the new Tinkerbell movie ("Where Monsters is?"), and she's even made requests to watch Sleeping Beauty prick her finger on the spindle over and over and over again! She just doesn't yet believe that anyone or anything in the world is bad, evil or mean--she has a little love for everyone. When we were at Costco a few days ago, Josh and I were showing her all the beautiful Princess dolls. Her response? "Where Ursula is?" Hmmmm...I don't think that doll has hit the stores yet.

All in all she enjoyed a wonderful night, even cheering on Cinderella. Paige was holding up her Cinderella doll in an olympic, torch-like fashion, while Annabelle stood by, punching her fist in the air over and over again. Go! Go! Go! Cinderella! We were all laughing hysterically.

We finished off the night with dinner at IHOP, a homemade Princess cake (Thx Brittany), and a family slumber party in the living room when we got home! Josh and I figured this was the ONLY way we were going to get that excited girl to bed. She had to tell Josh all about her night, so we brought out the big feather bed, lots of blankets, and let her talk herself into sleepiness :) I am so excited for more opportunities like this with Annabelle. Only next time it'd be better if she would allow me to take her picture (too excited to hold still, which made for lots of blurry pictures) :( Oh well, I'm sure the memory will be pretty vivid in my mind for a LONG time! It was a special, unforgettable night. Girls nights and family slumber parties are the BEST!