Beauty and the Beast

Clara and I enjoyed a night out at the theater last night. We saw Beauty and the Beast down at the Hobby Center. It was cute, but couldn't compete with The Lion King in my opinion. Clara said she liked Beauty and the Beast better though. I'm sure it had nothing to do with dressing like a princess for the occasion.

I surprised her with her dress right before we left. As you can imagine, it was a hit. I considered getting her a Belle costume, but liked the idea of this dress since it's Belle-ish and can be worn again. Plus, I found it at an amazing price that I couldn't pass up :)

We went to Zio's for dinner and Clara drew pictures of all of the characters on the tablecloth. At the top, it says "Belle (me)".

It was raining, so I wanted to be sure and get there early. Clara was pretty antsy as we waited for them to open the doors. She really enjoyed the show. It dragged in parts so she got a little squirmy at times, but she hung in there and almost made it to the end. She ended up falling asleep about 10 minutes before it ended, so I woke her up at the end when the Beast turns back into a human. I couldn't let her miss the climax.

After the show came the brutal half hour or so of slowly moving along with the crowd to the parking garage, walking up the stairs to the 5th floor and then sitting in the car until we could drive out of the garage. Throw in a very sleepy (and whiney) little beauty and another half hour driving home and I was glad to crawl into my bed. (After putting Robert back to bed three times and completing Sunday school preparations, that is.)