Pirates & Princesses

It is no secret that Lila has a huge affinity for princesses...and she may or may not think she is a princess, too!  Several months ago I got a pre-sale email for the Disney Pirates & Princess show at the US Cellular Center which featured Sofia the First and Jake and the Neverland Pirates, two of Lila's favorites!  I hopped online quick and secured 3 tickets for 5th row center and stuck them in a secret space until the big day arrived!  We knew that we needed to keep this one quiet until the day of or we would have been bombarded (and annoyed) when asked every day when she got to go to the show!

The day arrived and we told her we had a big surprise for her, to which she responded that she wanted to guess what it was!  With a few questions involved in her guessing, it wasn't long before she figured it out and she giggled and screamed with excitement!  We got her all dressed and ready to go, but there was one final surprise...a Princess Sofia Amulet!  This special amulet was a special gift Sofia received that allows her to talk to animals!  You would have thought we had given her the world!  We were ready to go!



Wearing her {glowing} amulet!

Every time we get ready to do something like this I find myself wondering what we have gotten ourselves into?!  Yet at the same time, I am so happy to be doing it for Lila because it is really all about her when we do this stuff, it has nothing to do with Mike or I, she deserves that from time to time!  It is always fun to walk into a performance like this and see all the other parents doing the exact same thing for their princess and/or pirate lover! 

Lila's new friend, Izzy!

The show began with a short performance of Doc McStuffins, another one of Lila's favorites!  After Doc performed it was time for Sofia!  Lila was in awe of how beautiful princess Sofia looked!  Each segment of the show was them acting out an episode, so each performance lasted close to 30 minutes which was nice because it allowed them to keep a storyline and keep the kids engaged!




Doc McStuffins



Sofia the First


After Sofia there was a short intermission and it was time for Jake and the Neverland Pirates!  Lila really likes Jake, but at this point she leaned over to me and said, "I really like it better when the characters are kids like on the TV show!"  BUSTED!!!  Either way, she was having a great time and as quick as that comment came, it went and she was totally engaged in the magic of it all!

Jake and the Neverland Pirates!

Daddy & Lila enjoying the show!

 



 

The finale which included Mickey & Minnie!

There will be a time in the near future where performances such as this won't be as magical as they are right now, so we will make sure we squeeze as many of these make-believe opportunities in as long as we can!  It was a fun day for Lila, but Mom and Dad would be lying if they said they didn't have fun too!

Family fun!