Ballet Time

It was time for some Mommy and Katheryn time. This time we were going to the Ballet.

We got tickets to see The Little Prince ballet with my best friend Lisa and her 2 daughters.

Katheryn and I decided to take the train down.

She was so excited to be on the train. We moved seats 3 times during the ride!

We played handman on the ride there. Katheryn had lots of fun (and worked on her spelling)

We also decided to walk up from Union Station.
Katheryn said that the city looked like Paris! (Except for the CN Tower of course)
I'm not really sure where this came from other than Monster High. But she thought it was great

The Ballet was fun, it took a while for Katheryn to get used to the idea of now talking/singing. And there was whispering back and forth to understanding what was going on at the beginning. We were in the back row with 1 row people standing behind us. Towards the end of the show a lady in front of me kept turning back and shhing the kids and giving them dirty looks because someone in her row was tapping on her purse. 

And we found out at dinner that someone standing behind us tapped my friends youngest daughter on the head! We found this out later. She was furious that someone would put intentionally touch her child. Yes it was a ballet, but you don't touch other people! Keep you hands to yourself!

The 3 kids sat in between us 2 adults and they were very well behaved. It was the adults around us that I was very surprised in.

Afterwards we all went out for dinner and got to catch up and talk.
It was a great day out, and we are already planning our next date!

On the way out we saw a number of homeless people begging on the road. Katheryn asked for a loonie to give to one man. She was very proud of herself that she could help someone who asked.

It was really nice to be out with just Katheryn and give her some time along. We will do it again in a couple of months (and it's even better that I promote her love a theatre!)

Girls Night Out

I thought that Katheryn was old enough share a passion of mine. Musical Theatre.

I love going to the theatre and the more musical the better.

So for Christmas I got Katheryn tickets to see Beauty and the Beast!

She had to wait 2 1/2 months, but finally the night came

Katheryn was very, very excited for a girls night out

Katheryn really wanted to wear her a Belle dress. Her old dress was waay too short for her. So when Nick and I went to the Disney store earlier in the week for his appointment, we got Katheryn her beautiful Belle dress. (And I wore gold to match her)

Katheryn was excited to be going downtown for fun as well. The streets were all still covered in snow and slush, but she was really good with holding her dress up and not getting it dirty at all.

We went down with a friend from work and went out for dinner. Katheryn loved the mustache glasses!

And what is your first trip to live theatre without some kind of memorabilia. So Katheryn got a Belle crown to match her dress.

I was actually surprised that she was the only kid I saw who was dressed like a princess. She got lots and lots of compliments.

We got to sit waaay in the back of the theatre. She couldn't wear her crown (of course) at the theatre to prevent the couple of people behind us from seeing, and she understood when I explained it like that (if only adults understood that as well). At first I was telling Katheryn to sit back and sit still. But then I realized there were lots of kids at the show, it was a Disney musical of course, and the seats were deep.

She had a great time at the theatre and can't wait to go to another show!
And it was really nice to have some quality girls time with Katheryn and me