lots happening ...

So much has happened since my last posting. Last weekend, we went to Portland to see Disney On Ice. We weren't sure how Alyssa would do (for instance, the show started at bedtime). But our concerns faded away as we entered the Rose Garden to see the stage, lights and curtain adorned with the faces of her friends Simba, Tinkerbell and Ariel. Two hours later, as Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy came back on stage for the finale, Alyssa went from a high (waving and cheering) to a low (shedding some big crocodile tears) as she realized the show was over. Luckily, I had thought ahead and had some perfectly distracting souvenirs ready to go.