On June 13th, Emaline and I had a "date out" to go see Dora the Explorer Live! at the Fox Theater. She has really gotten into Dora over the last 6-8 months and I decided she could handle a little trip to the theater. Plus, it was a chance for me to spend some nice one on one time with my little girl. We went to the eleven o'clock show and it wasn't half as crowded as I thought it was going to be. Getting there wasn't even that bad considering it was the same morning as the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure downtown that morning! Emaline wore a lovely little sundress and sunglasses and was ready to shake her little tail feather. We walked in the doors and she gasped, "Mom, what is this place!" and if you've ever been to the Fox, you know how it feels to see all the luscious red velvet and ornate decor within the lobby. We were then handed stars/estrellas for the performance. Then quickly we made a mad dash for the potty, did I mention she is completely potty trained now? Hooray!! After that we found our seats which weren't bad at all being in the rear center orchestra, row Q, about halfway up and on the end--which was awesome. The show started and at first I don't think she knew what to expect. The music and lights were exciting and familiar, so she just watched in awe. It was fantastic to see my baby experiencing her first, of many I hope, shows at the theater. I'm not gonna lie, I even got a little teary-eyed at seeing Emaline's face brighten with excitement as to what she was going to see. Which, was in fact a cheesy, mainly neon colored show about a little Hispanic girl trying to find her teddy bear. Crazy, I know. At least we got to dance,sing, wave our little stars and speak Spanish! We had such a fun time and I'm so glad we got to go. Hopefully something fun from Nick, Jr. will grace the Fox stage again next year. She said to me a few days later, "When do we get to see Spongebob Live mom?"...who knows baby, who knows. These are our shots from before the show and intermission:
After the show we had a lovely lunch of McDonald's and went back to Nana & Pepere's house to swim away the afternoon. It was a fantastic day!
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