We got up on Saturday, and got the girls ready in their princess gear first thing. (We had a long princess fashion show the night before to pick just the right outfits!) This pic just melts my little heart! (I swear Lisie was happy, I think she's just squinting in the sun.)
We went to my mom's and drove in together with her. This was the first year they held it at Thanksgiving Point Children's Gardens. On the way in, they had a big beautiful Cinderella-style carriage for pictures. They're both too enamored with the velvet to pose for the picture, haha.
First thing, we got our Princess name tags and Amie got a sprinkling of glitter for her hair. We first came upon a hedge maze, wherein was Alice on one side and Beauty and the Beast on the other. Well, we went in search of Alice but never found her... We managed to find our way out, though. So, we saw beauty and the beast first, and Amie was too scared to go up there. I don't blame her, look at that beast up close, he was crazy! We finally took her and put her on "Belle's" lap with me blocking her from the beast.
From there, we found the 12 dancing princesses, who tell their story and teach the kids a dance. Sorry, but I got bored with all 12 of them, so here are just 2 pictures. Lisie surprised us by sitting and listening to/watching the whole story/dance!
After the 12 Dancing Princesses, we came upon some bear statues. It was so weird, we had to prod and prompt her to pose with the princesses, but she INSISTED we take a picture of her with the bears... both times!
Here was Sleeping Beauty! It took Amelie a long time to buy that it was her, since she was wearing SB's dress, after all, and she looked different!
This was not, in fact Jasmine, like I told Amelie, but Princess Sheherizad and Aladdin. She told the story of Aladdin and the lamp, but we wished she was just named Jasmine!
There was a booth about the charity they are donating to, Quiet Way. This money goes to help purify drinking water in Africa. Amie did the jug-lifting demonstration, so she got a coin to throw in the wishing well. She didn't quite get the wishing concept. ;)
Every year, the Festival introduces a new Princess with a story about service or something. These were all the past princesses, and this year's, Mila. Amie seemed a bit non-plussed, since she didn't know them.
Another special treat that my mom got for the girls was a facepaint (for Amie, glitter tattoo for Lisie.) They both loved them immensely!!
This is the stoic face she made when told to pose for her face paint picture.
From there, the girls gotto go pick out whatever they wanted from the shops, since they have a soft grandpa, who gave them each a TWENTY dollar bill! (Then they gave them straight to mom to hold, of course!) They each got a froofy skirt, sunglasses and a lollipop. Then, in that same area, we headed in for some cute crafts. We made them each a wand and a door hanger, and Amie got a super-cute headband. Amelie wanted to do it all herself!
Being a good girl!
Here's Amelie showing "Tinkerbell" the wand she just made and chattering on. There were some other fairies, but Amie hasn't really gotten into them yet.
This is the Frog prince and nameless Princess - obviously not quite Tiana! But, I'd say this frog was probably in Amie's top 3 list for the day. There was a guy with a mic somewhere that would talk for the frog and she loved talking to him!
There were many cutouts like this around the Festival. I particularly like the pic of Lisie, cause with her open mouth, it looks like she's really rockin' out on that guitar!
We next saw the Cinderella show, where they acted out the whole story, which Amie seemed to like, but my mom and I thought was a little long. Gotta be honest, I was a bit disappointed with the look of Cinderella, but that's the years of Disney spoiling talking.
The steps. Not sure if Amie knew who they were.
I love how she's looking at Prince Charmant! So adorable!
The weird fairy godmother person...
And once again, a major highlight for Amelie - meeting Rapunzel. She had a bit of a line here, too, but grandma and Amie waited happily. (There was a cutout while you waited in line.) Rapunzel was sitting down on the ground, and at her turn, Amie walked up and sat right down next to her. R. asked Amie if she wanted to hold her hair while she signed the book, which Amelie adoringly did!
There was this old woman statue, I have no idea what it was supposed to be, but I told Amie it was Mother Gothel. For some reason, she's fascinated with her, and she stayed near the statue the whole time we were in the area.
Somewhere in all of this, we had a yummy, cold Quizno's lunch on the grass, which was just perfect. We also had fries and mini fair donuts early on, then toward the end of the day we got otter pops. It was so stinkin' hot! Thank goodness they had ice cold water throughout. On our way out, we saw Ariel, who was near the "Grotto" (or Noah's Ark, if you're there for the Gardens.)
Peter Pan and Wendy were also there playing, but the girls don't know them. Luckily, the kids got to play in the water. They were in heaven!
Don't mind some other girl's undies there...I am Alisa, hear me roar!
Inadvertently got under the spray!
Another time she insisted on a picture! She likes turtles... even fake ones.
It was nice cause it was so hot, but my mom and I tired of it quickly, as we were ready to go home! It's a long 5 hour day when it's 90something degrees outside. We finally convinced Amelie it was time to go when she scraped up her knee, Alisa was hopeless though, and threw her first fit of the day as we carried her out of the water and into the car.
Exhausted girlies. Lisie woke before we could capture her.
Overall, it was a great day! While it just wasn't quite the Disney standard, it was still pretty magical for the girls, and they were both very good all day! They really had a blast. Lisie even wanted my mom to hold her a lot! (Something she usually reserves for mom and dad,
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