Disney on Ice

One of the best Christmas presents we received this year was a trip to Green Bay to see Disney on Ice perform at the Resch Center.  The kids were so excited to see the show, go out to eat, and play in the pool area at the hotel!  After a winter of sickness and being pregnant, I was excited to get out of town,  too!  Of course, because we've had terrible luck lately, Nolan woke up the morning we were going to leave with a miserable sore throat.  He was in tears, which is very unusual for him.  Not knowing what to do, and hoping against hope that it would fade as the day progressed, we dosed him with IBU profin and decided to proceed with our trip.  As the morning continued, a fever spiked and the poor kid was feeling absolutely terrible.  By the time we got to Lambeau Field for lunch, he was in rough shape and actually fell asleep on my lap at the restaurant.  We wrapped things up quickly and got him back to the hotel, not knowing if we needed to find an Urgent Care Center or what else we should do.  Since our hotel was literally next door to the Resch Center and Nolan insisted he didn't want to miss the show, we decided to let him go, knowing that if he was having more trouble we could easily walk right back to the hotel and get him to a doctor.  Fortunately, he perked up when we got there and was able to watch the entirety of the show.  Olivia was absolutely enthralled with seeing all her favorite characters skating around, especially Elsa.  She clapped her hands wildly at the end of each performance and even cheered outloud.  She was especially amazed by the fireworks incorporated into the performance, even though they scared the pants off of her older brother.  

At the end of the show, Nolan was still holding his own and his fever was under control by alternating Tylenol and IBU profin.  Obviously, we didn't think it was a good idea for him to go swimming, which was a bummer for both he and Olivia.  We decided to order in some pizza and just lay low for the night.  The next morning, Nolan had improved but it was the weather that was out of sorts.  Due to an impending snowstorm, we decided to leave for home around 7am in order to try to have some decent road conditions.  It's a good thing we left when we did, because the roads got bad enough later in the day that some of the highways (including Hwy 51) were closed!  

All in all, the weekend didn't quite shake out how we planned.  The Disney show itself was wonderful, but it was frustrating to miss out on the other parts of our trip due to sickness and weather once again!  We hope we can do something like this again, and have the opportunity to make some more memories (hopefully without illness and bad weather) with our kids and parents!