One nice thing about Nashville is that the Grand Ole Opry is only about 15 minutes away and they have some of the coolest things in their theaters. When Tammy and I went to the Grand Ole Opry, they had some advertisements for ICE! Now, I didn't know exactly what it was other than the Grinch and that LOTS of kids at Brennan's school had gone. Going on that information, Don and I decided to surprise the kids by taking them to see the Grinch.
At the very end, they had the real nativity carved out of ice with a gigantic angel watching over the baby Jesus. Now that was really cool!
After nearly freezing to death, we went to meet the Grinch. Luckily, he was in a warm building just up the street. When we walked in, Brennan and Dylan both knew who he was and gave him hugs and high fives. Nolan, not knowing anything about him, thought he was the neatest thing he'd ever seen. I expected him to run away screaming, but Nolan kept running up to him, laughing and smiling, then running back to us. Back and Forth, back and forth. Such a crazy kid! We had the Grinch all to ourselves for about ten minutes to take pictures and be silly. The Grinch even danced with Brennan and Dylan.
ICE is exactly what it says it is... Everything is made out of ICE! In order to keep the ice from melting, it was only 9 degrees inside the building... Brrrrrrrr.... I can't say that it was what I expected or we would've worn more winter clothes. As it was, the boys just had their coats on, I had a light jacket, and Don didn't have anything. Luckily, they plan on it being much colder than the outdoor temperature, so they have heavy coats to put on over your coat. THANK HEAVENS! There was so much cool (punny....) stuff to see inside. Who-ville, Cindy Lou Who, the Grinch.... there was even the roast beast. The best part of the ice land were the slides made out of ice. The boys just loved them... though they only got to go down a couple of times because of the lines and how cold it was.
At the very end, they had the real nativity carved out of ice with a gigantic angel watching over the baby Jesus. Now that was really cool! After nearly freezing to death, we went to meet the Grinch. Luckily, he was in a warm building just up the street. When we walked in, Brennan and Dylan both knew who he was and gave him hugs and high fives. Nolan, not knowing anything about him, thought he was the neatest thing he'd ever seen. I expected him to run away screaming, but Nolan kept running up to him, laughing and smiling, then running back to us. Back and Forth, back and forth. Such a crazy kid! We had the Grinch all to ourselves for about ten minutes to take pictures and be silly. The Grinch even danced with Brennan and Dylan. You'll notice in the pictures that Nolan is holding an ICE sippy cup that has hot chocolate in it... bad idea when you want to take a cute picture. He would not let that cup go!
Although it was a little expensive, I'm glad that we took the boys out to have some fun. It's times like this that they'll remember and want to show their kids.
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So Cute! That's how I felt about the Polar Express. It was a little expensive, but well worth it to see the looks on the kid's faces. I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
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