An Ice Surprise

We didn't tell Madison where we were going tonight - we told her it was a surprise.  She saw we were in Atlanta - she recognized Atlanta.  But she didn't know exactly why - although I'm pretty sure she figured it out when we got inside Philip's Arena. 

Mommy recently got some discounted tickets to Disney on Ice, and although I think we knew what section we were sitting in, we had no idea we'd be as close as we were.  We're talking fourth row!  Daddy brought along a cheap, small camera to snap a few photos - rather than carry along the bigger one.  Still, there were a couple decent shots.

That's Ariel in the photo above, doing some aerial work.  She's an aerial Ariel!  It's not necessarily about photography, but rather getting ideas from costumes and presentation.  For example, check out the triplets below:

Great, creative costuming idea there!  As you can imagine, when the second half of the show started, and Princess Merida came out, Madison's eyes were glued to the ice.  She was watching all the Celtic dancers and archery and so on, and absolutely loving it.  We asked her later what her favorite part was, and we already knew the answer.  It was the segment of the show inspired by the movie "Brave."  Yes,  Madison was quite the happy audience member tonight!

Of course, there were other bits as well.  They did a longer segment dedicated to "Tangled," and "The Little Mermaid," and "Beauty and the Beast."

We were so blessed, and Madison had such a great time.  She was pretty zonked when all was said and done though - Daddy carried her to the car, where she pretty much immediately fell asleep.  God's grace has been so generous - we had a safe journey there and home yet once more.  How often we take for granted protection on our journeys to and fro.  Daddy wasn't that tired on the way home, nor did anything out of the ordinary occur.  But that's just the point.

Tonight was just one surprise, of course.  Madison still has no idea that in less than a week, we'll be in Florida for a much greater surprise.  She'll hopefully see Merida again, and probably much more up close this next time!