Last Thursday, Eat Jackson let me know that I was a finalist for the Max and Ruby Bunny Party show tickets and Brent's Drugs gift certificate. As soon as the voting page was up, I let all our family and friends know to vote and tell all their friends to vote. I apologize for filling your facebook newsfeeds and twitter feeds with posts begging for votes.
At first, it looked like another girl was going to take the lead and keep it in the votes. She got a lot of votes right at the beginning. I got a little sad because I REALLY wanted our girls to get to go to the show. Max and Ruby is probably their favorite show to watch...they have a lot of "favorites" but this one is special to both of them.
Sometime Thursday night, we started getting a lot more votes. A lot of that had to do with my brother and sister-in-law getting the word out to vote for us...they got a bunch of people to vote. We got in the lead with votes then and stayed in the lead after that. I knew before Eat Jackson announced it that we'd won...I was glued to the voting page to make sure no one took a last minute lead!
We told the girls that we would have a special day on Saturday and that we would go to a new restaurant that we hadn't taken them to yet and then go to a special show. Mattie was convinced that we were going to see the Berenstain Bears...I have no clue how she came up with that.
We went to our church work day for a few hours and then headed to Jackson to pick up our tickets and go to lunch. Kevin and I got cheeseburgers, Mattie got a junior cheeseburger, and Allie Grace got a grilled cheese. We shared mine and Kevin's orders of fries and onion rings. Then, we got milkshakes (our favorite part of the meal)! We'll definitely be going back, especially for dessert.
After lunch, we headed back to the convention complex so we could get in our seats for the show. Mattie had seen the sign for the show outside but apparently didn't think much of it because she still thought we were going to see the Berenstain Bears. It wasn't until we got to the table where they were selling shirts/toys that she realized that we were going to see Max and Ruby. Her expression was absolutely priceless!
The show was great...it took a few of the TV episodes and combined them to make them something new. Mattie waved at Max, Ruby, Louise, and Grandma and talked to them like she was on the stage with them. Allie Grace jumped up and down in my arms...she was so excited to see them.
I have over 60 pictures that I took from the day...go to my facebook page to look at most of them.
This is when she first realized we were going to see Max and Ruby.
Waving to the characters...not a great pic but she was so excited
This is my favorite picture of the day! She was so excited she didn't know what to do. (I realize she looks pitiful...combo of taking a picture with my phone and the fact that she's felt awful for the last few months with her stomach.)
