Friday, March 4, 2011

Branson Weekend in November

The weekend of Dustin and Megan's birthdays we decided to all go to the Christmas shows in Branson. We had a fun filled, jam packed weekend and it was a ton of fun!! On Friday, we drove to Branson and had lunch at the Dick Clark's American Bandstand Grill. Then we went to the Legends Concert and saw George Strait, Patsy Cline, Blues Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, The Temptations and Elvis. Kate did a very good job of listening and watching her first show! A couple of times, Daddy took her to the back of the theater to dance and let loose. She loved dancing and having plenty of room to do it.:) We had a few minutes in between this show and the Andy Williams Show at the Moon River Theater. I was a little nervous about how Kate would act, seeing as how there was not a nap and she is two years old and still needs one. Once the show started she did watch some of it but started to act up a little. Once again, Daddy took her for a walk to try to get her to sleep. Dustin is such a good daddy because when he came back, she was asleep! She slept for awhile and when she awoke was pretty well behaved for the rest of the show. All of this was on Friday!


{This is where her finger rests alot these days plus she didn't want me to take a picture. It's only on here to one day embarass her:)}


On Saturday, we went to our favorite place...Silver Dollar City!!! Everyone else had the same idea we had because it was so packed that day. Of course, it was the first day of Branson's Christmas season so it was to be expected. Since everybody and their brother were also there, we didn't get to see all of the shows we wanted but it was still fun. Kate did take a little nap while we were there in her stroller. It's hard work to stay awake all day when you're only two!! We also went to the kid area to see if Kate was tall enough to ride the rides there and she missed it by about a half inch. Darn it!!! Oh well, she'll definitely be able to ride them in the spring.:) One thing Kate did not enjoy was sitting on Santa's lap! She was fine waiting in the line. She was fine when a few kids in front of her sat on his lap. Then, all of sudden, she changed her mind and that was that. No sitting on Santa's lap for her! Santa was very nice and he did try to coax her on his lap with a candy cane but Kate wanted none of that! Next year, hopefully!! She did enjoy seeing a show with Frosty the Snowman! It kept her attention for almost the entire show...and this was before naptime too!





























Happy Halloween!!!

Kate enjoyed dressing up for Halloween. She was the cutest little ladybug! We started off the night by eating at Chuck E. Cheese and playing some games first. Then we went off to trick-or-treat. This is the first year we tried trick-or-treating and Kate loved it. I may be somewhat biased but I think she is the cutest little ladybug ever!!

Rearranging the pumpkins on the porch:)

Mommy and her pretty lil ladybug:)
Kate's favorite place on Earth.....Chuck E. Cheese:)