Future Drama Queens?

Back in the day, like WAY back in the high school day, I was a drama geek. 

I tried out for every play and didn't care if I was an extra or the lead, I just liked being on stage and performing. I was in Annie, The Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, The Secret Garden, The Music Man, Hamlet, Two Gentlemen of Verona and a handful of other plays we put on at my school.

Call me a nerd but I totally loved the theater and I swear my drama skills made me be a better teacher when I got my first job teaching Spanish. Teenagers want to be entertained ALL the time so keeping their attention required a little dramatic flare, and you better believe I tapped into my "skillz."

I think as a parent you secretly want your kids to love all the things you loved when you were growing up, so when I saw that the theater in Manchester was putting on a summer series of 45 minute condensed musicals for kids, I jumped on the opportunity to expose my girls to a little bit of theater : )

The first play we saw was Beauty and the Beast. It was really good despite Gaston being slightly less masculine than I remember. The girls loved it though and were thrilled when they got to take pictures with the cast after the show.

 The highlight was meeting Belle of course.

And I don't think Teya minded the prince too much either ; )

The next week we went they did The Wizard of Oz. It was awesome because we had just taken the girls to the Wizard of Oz exhibit at the Boston Children's museum so they were way into this one. It also brought back good memories of my munchkin days when I was in that play : )

The favorite hands down though was Ariel the Little Mermaid.

  The girls could not wait to see Ariel on stage and got all dolled up in their best Mermaid attire for the event.

The play was awesome and they did a great job with the scenery and some really fun "special effects" for the Under the Sea number.

Afterwards they actually went through the cast line TWICE to make sure they got all the mermaid pics their little hearts desired.

 I think prince Eric borrowed Gaston's wig. They really should retire that thing.

 Not sure if these plays convinced them to follow in their mama's theatrical footsteps, but I do know they had a great time and loved seeing some of their favorite princesses come to life on stage. : )