hill-top!

i was lucky enough to get doug and i tickets to another hilltop show and it was amaaaaaazing. the guys always deliver with heaps of energy and one epic song after another. we had the best night and loved every minute, but not going to lie, my ears are still ringing.

they absolutely get the crowd into it and make sure every one is having a good time, which is one of the reason their tickets are worth every cent.

the only bad bit of the concert was when some nub a few rows in front of us set off a firework (no i am not kidding... seriously who does that!) and a girl by him was burnt by it - i have no idea where it ended up but i hope no one on that end was hurt! they got out of there the second they set it off, so i doubt security would have caught them, but oh my word did it freak us out!

hilltop hoods have released a lot of their albums with the adelaide symphony orchestra playing their backing tracks... and even toured with them. we were lucky to see their last show with them on hand, this one wasn't with the orchestra, but they did still have a couple of instruments supporting them which made their great show even better!

at one stage they had everyone turn their lights on during their song "through the dark" which was incredible, i was absolutely blown away at how much light there was in the arena!

such a good night! 

the super super lucky one in all this was doug's sister who is visiting from america, she's always wanted to go to a hilltop concert and we ended up having a spare ticket as our friend couldn't make it! she was super chuffed and we loved having her with us. family night out! 

disney on ice 2019

we love love love love looooove disney on ice! i started taking madeline when she was 2 and we have been every year since. this year however, i got in within a few minutes of the tickets going on sale and we got vip tickets, just six rows from the front. worth every cent!

every year i have my friends asking me why i didn't message to ask them if they wanted tickets, so after multiple calls around, we bought 8 tickets... and only two of them were actually for kids. crack up! we had one friend that only has boys who are all teenagers, two friends without kids, a friends mum even! (we love you nannaleah!) and one other mum with a kid haha. what a bunch.

mickey and friends opening the show 

when you look this fancy, a bathroom selfie is a must. how cool is my daughter? i swear she is going to overtake me any day now.

as close to the ice as you are allowed to get! maddie has always worn princess dresses and the likes, but this year she decided she wanted to be minnie mouse. too cute. i love the sparkly red shoes!

after the show, our grown up gal gang took the most ridiculous photo by the ice, if you look closely our arms all form a six pointed star (very bad lighting...!) and we were so busy laughing it took us forever to work out how to do it and could barely keep it in place.

my favourite girl and i after the show. oh how i love her little face (most of the time...)

disney never ever disappoints and we loved this year again... my favourite was definitely the moana segment (yes! they have finally included her in the show, hooray!) and we also loved rapunzel and ariel who both rocked out an ariel routine with their princes. disney is legittt with their routines. so much effort!

last but not least... squad goals! i had the best time with these girls and cannot wait for next year! ♥

disney, we love you!!

disney on ice 2018

the tradition continues... every year since madeline was two, we have gone to disney on ice together! we love it, it's a special night out for the two of us, we get dressed up and sing our heads off. sometimes it's just the two of us, sometimes we take other friends... this year we went with aunty dom.

(side note... anyone that knows me, knows i hate to spend money. there are lots of cool things to buy at disney on ice, but they are just soooo expensive. this year i saved myself a cool 20 odd dollars per person by grabbing these glow stick mickey ears from the local reject shop for $1.50 a pair. maddie has learnt over time that i just won't buy anything unless it's super cheap (so something really small) and although she does like to have a look at what's on offer, she doesn't really ask or get upset when i won't buy her any of the souvenirs they have at the show. phew!)

my happy girl and i

all of the photos!

took me a while of convincing, but somehow i got her to wear her flowergirl dress from aunty niques's wedding... she was a bit taken aback when i suggested she pair it with her pink converse, but threw them on quick smart (i think she thought i was going to change my mind haha) and was good to go. so glad that dress has been worn more than once!

i was chuffed with the show this year (other than the fact they always spend so long on frozen... i mean seriously, we get it, it's on the ice, the movie involves ice, yeah yeah, moving along - can't wait until they are over it!!) when they included friend like me from aladdin with 20 skating genies!! ohhh i love aladdin so much!

and they did some scenes from mulan! pictured is let's get down to business. yayyyyy!

as usual there was a finale full of princesses... i love it! disney, you've done it again. can't wait for next year - i have my fingers crossed for moana to make an appearance! ♥

frozen on ice

madeline and i have been to disney on ice everytime it's in perth since she was two years old. so, this year was our fourth time! this year was super exciting for pretty much every little girl on the planet, because this time, they decided to do frozen on ice! frozen is great (although not my personal favourite) and they would be silly passing up doing frozen on ice, wouldn't they!

madeline and i went with aunty dom for a girls night out... and had a blast as usual. the three of us always have a good time, so adding disney into the mix made it even better!

my favourite part of the night was olaf's song "in summer" where he was surrounded by bees, butterflies and flowers, so so cute!

 

during the intermission we found madeline's friend brooklyn from school, so they had to dance about, do some spinning and sing in the foyer. crack up kids.

elsa and anna dancing up a storm

of course, the highlight for madeline was seeing elsa sing "let it go"... as usual, disney did everything to perfection, you really can't fault any of their shows.

i must admit though, i am much more excited about the shows that they do when they change the theme/ story every 10-15 mins or so. i love being able to watch multiple stories and seeing how they put each one on show. for this reason i am especially looking forward to next years one, which is apparently going to be an anniversary show. hooray! can't wait.

we love you disney on ice! ♥

disney on ice: magical ice festival

disney on ice, we love you!! this year is the third time madeline and i have been to disney on ice at the perth arena and all i can say is wow! they just keep getting better. this year was no exception and we loved every minute of the show.

doug and i bought madeline an "elsa" dress a few weeks ago to surprise her with before the show. she was so excited and her little face lit up as she squealed "is that for me? did you buy it?" and ran to grab it from doug and put it on at lightning speed. (well my love, i certainly did not stay up for the last few weeks sewing it for you haha)

it added that much more fun to the night to be dressed up as a princess, especially when we referred to her as your royal highness all night. she was loving the attention!

she was so excited though, when she saw that i had dressed up too. i was about to put on jeans and a tshirt when i decided last minute that it would be fun to dress up too and pulled out my red skirt and minnie ears that i had stashed in our dress up box. it was a winning combination and madeline was very excited about it. oh mum! you're minnie!!

i love this girl so much it hurts

my minnie get up haha ♥

my favourite this year was tangled... if i could possibly pick a favourite disney movie, i think that would be mine. i love the lanterns, the songs and most of all the sarcasm. best disney prince ever!

mads was also super excited to see the frozen section. what little girl wouldn't be. especially when we saw the signs in the foyer saying that next years show is frozen on ice. wild horses couldn't keep my girl from that one!

elsa doing her thang... let it gooooooooooo

maddie kept asking where her friends were (we went in a group last year and she was missing her little mates) and as the most crazy thing ever, we ran into them across the road when we headed to the car.

it had been ages since they'd seen each other last and it was quite the reunion... i love how much they love each other!!

a photo with the chicks... what an awesome night!

we love you disney on ice!! see you next year! ♥

hilltops hoods restrung

saturday night was like a dream come true. i have been majorly in love with the hilltop hoods for years, ever since the release of their restrung album, which was produced by using their music and instead of the regular backing music, it has been replaced by a full orchestra. doug loves hip hop, i love orchestral music, put them together? wow!

the show was incredible from start to finish, with so much energy from the hilltop hoods and that something different that was provided by the orchestra. no word of a lie, i could have listened for hours and hours if they had have kept playing. it was well worth every single cent and i just hope they continue to release more restrung albums along the way and keep doing the tours that way as they seriously have the wow factor.

such an amazing show. it was the end of the line for the tour (and five years of touring for the band) but seriously if you ever get the chance to see them live... do not miss it!