Cinderella

Saturday night Shaun had a surprise for all of us, the only thing we knew was that we needed to get dressed up. He took us to the local community theater to see a production of Cinderella. We'd never been, so our expectations were very low. Well, we were completely impressed with the entire thing. The music, the quality of the acting, the costumes, everything was done very well. The girls were entranced and Aiden slept through the whole show...typical guy!

The ushers thought it was so amazing that there was a five-day old baby in attendance and were sure it was a record for the theater company. Apparently, the stage manager announced to the cast, prior to the show, that little Aiden was there. He caused quite a stir.


The show was two hours, with an intermission, during which the girls and I visited the ladies room. As we came out of the stall we were faced with the usual line of women waiting. One said to Amanda, "What a pretty dress! I bet that is good for twirling. Can you do a twirl?" Without a word, Amanda wound up and did a big twirl right there in the bathroom in front of the line of ladies. Funny!

After the show, the cast went outside for pictures and autographs. Avery took several pictures and then they both went right up to Cinderella and got their picture taken. Then they got her autograph, then Avery wanted another picture with her. Cinderella was played by a high school sophomore, so you better believe she was eating up the attention of these two star-struck girls!

Daddy scored huge, huge points on the evening from us all.


The next morning Avery was talking to me about the night. She said in wonderment, "Mom, when Cinderella was up on stage I thought she was pretend just for the show. But then we saw her outside and she was real!" This coming from the girl who has never been taught about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, etc. It was so much fun to see the delight on their faces. They've been asking their daddy if he will take them to the show again...we'll see how that goes!