doodley do

For anyone who grew up in the height of the Princess Movie a Year era, you probably could easily sing the opening line of “Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat…” followed up by some “Be our Guest!” and throw in a little “A Whole New World” while you were at it.  I am sure it wasn’t just me And if it was, I should really get a singing contract out of it because that is pretty awesome, right?  So you can imagine my excitement when I found out Disney On Ice tickets were available through work in our company box and I promptly threw my name in the “lottery”.  I said we should go because Lennox really loves music and dancing and how could we pass up the chance….but I mean come on.  I probably wanted it more for me.  So spoiler alert….I we won!

 While corporate life has its pros and cons, we have definitely made use of my company’s box when we have gotten the chance – definitely a pro.  And since Lennox is only 18 months (and it was prime nap time!) we figured if he wasn’t as in to it as I was, we could totally leave (not so secretly I am glad he loved it because leaving early would have sucked!)  And Lennox did love it.  Of course, so did I.  The Little Mermaid and Beauty & The Beast are two of my favorites, and they did summarized versions of both movies – songs and all! – which was awesome.  They also did versions of Brave & Tangled.  I haven’t seen either of those, but I am pretty excited for the day that Lennox is ready to start watching full length features so I can catch up on all the Disney magic I have missed over the years.

His favorite part was Maximus the horse (on skates!!) from Tangled.  I don’t know how two people skate together in a costume like that, but it was pretty great.  He was super sad when the horse skated off, and at that point he started to go downhill.  But he curled up in my lap and fell asleep soon after, and everything was right in my world Disney & cuddling?  Doesn’t get much better than that. 

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There are so many good moments to catch up on since I last wrote.  Obviously I am not going to be able to get to everything, so I am very thankful for my obsession with dedication to instagram.  Have I mentioned that yet?  LOVE LOVE LOVE that app.  I never really got into twitter, but I wanted to.  I tried.  More than once (I even have 2 different user names!)  But I happen to like pictures a lot more than text, and being a little bit photography obsessed, instagram is the best way for me to capture, share and record moments that I want to remember.  In a very pretty way   Like a “I am the best photographic artist ever – oh wait, that’s just an amazing filter/edit” type of way.  Plus, I have made some lovely friends through my feed.  I am inspired daily by the people that I follow and push the limitations of a smart phone camera to get some truly fantastic shots.  I also like that a lot of those same people “like” my pictures back.  Its a nice little feeling of encouragement and helps me want to make all the lovely moments even more beautiful.  Suffice it to say, I like it.  A lot.

Here are some of my favorite’s from this summer.  If you don’t already follow me (and I am sure anyone reading this already does!) my username is deewags.  Let’s be friends