Beauty and the Beast Tea Party

We had a busy morning this morning, one that started with Madison dressed like this.  The reason?  She was going to a ballet camp with a Beauty and the Beast theme to it.  You could dress up in any princess dress, so Madison chose her Rapunzel dress, and went from there.  The weather was cold enough that she wore her little shoulder covering.  Is there a name for that thing?  I think it's called a shoulder wrap.

Anyway, here she is at the tea party and ballet camp.  She had a lovely time, and always looks forward to these camps.  While this was going on, Daddy was getting tickets for the upcoming Beauty and the Beast performance that the ballet is putting on.  We got our usual seats at the front row of the balcony, so Madison should be able to see it all just fine.  It'll be fun.

In the meantime, Madison was having a great time with her friends, of course making new ones.  But then there are the other friends she already has as well.

The girl on the left goes to church with us, and the girl on the right… has the same dress on as Madison!  Two Rapunzels in one ballet camp!  What do you think of that!

Anyway, Daddy wasn't in there.  No parents were - but these pictures were taken by a mom volunteer who knows us, and sent us some pictures taken with her cell phone.  Afterwards, the girls did a quick performance for all of the parents, and soon enough everyone was on their way.  It was a nice morning.

The thing we didn't say was that on the way to ballet camp, all dressed up as a princess, we stopped by Lowe's to pick up our Monster Truck.  Yes, this month's craft is a monster truck.  Princess Madison walked in gracefully, heads turning everywhere.  It's probably been a while since a real life princess walked the aisles of Lowe's.  But there we were!

Daddy was off after that to a KidPak event for some junior workers.  They were bowling, and we couldn't help but have a little fun with our theme for the series, "Inside Out."

Pictured above are Anger, Joy, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear!  We had a good afternoon, and the rest of the day was spent working on piano for Madison, and working on tomorrow's service for Daddy.

When we got home and were together, it was time for the last movie in the Duck trilogy, which Daddy or Mommy have not seen before.  We all thought it was pretty good, though I admit our expectations were mighty low.  The movie was fun, and most importantly, Madison really enjoyed it.  I think her favorite part was seeing the return of the Bash Brothers.  That might be Daddy's favorite part too.