![\"My](\"https:\/\/www.myhusbandandkids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_3875-e1394554240214.jpg\")
<\/a>My little “Dorothy”<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n I thought – WOW – how cute would it be if she wore those. \u00a0I knew there was no way she would let me braid her hair, but the outfit seemed reasonable. \u00a0Thankfully, she agreed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n So we were “off to see the wizard”. \u00a0Rachel was excited. \u00a0 On the drive into town, I told Rachel that when I was a kid the movie \u00a0only came on tv \u00a0once a year, and it was a MAJOR event! \u00a0“You mean you couldn’t record it and watch it later?” – one of many bewildered questions from Rachel.<\/p>\n I think that Rachel (and many 7 year olds) don’t realize that their moms were once 7 year old little girls. \u00a0I told her that I was about her age when I first discovered the Wizard of Oz and fell in love with the movie. \u00a0I\u00a0reminisced about calling\u00a0 my cousin Gretchen about 30 minutes before the movie and essentially doing a countdown before the show! \u00a0I told her that just like her dad watches movies with her, my dad would watch “The Wizard of Oz” with me – depending on what shift he was working in the mines. \u00a0I also told her that I would pretend that I was Dorothy and that my cousin Sean would ask me “Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy have you seen the Wizard today!” \u00a0LOL – that is actually one of the funniest memories I have from childhood, despite not being thrilled about it at the time.<\/p>\n Rachel couldn’t believe that I had to use my mom’s house shoes as a stand in for the ruby red slippers. “You didn’t have dress up clothes and shoes like Dorthy when you pretended to be Dorothy?” \u00a0I explained to her that back in the day, kids didn’t have everything they wanted all of the time…<\/p>\n After our little rap session, we made it to the show and had dinner with our friends. \u00a0It was a nice show. \u00a0The movie is like a sacred work of art, so I was happy that\u00a0Andrew Lloyd Webber didn’t mess up the Broadway production. \u00a0Fortunately, it held very close to the movie. \u00a0The tornado effects were really cool. \u00a0It was so cute to watch Rachel’s reaction to the tornado. \u00a0She leaned over just before it was starting and said “oh mommy, here it comes!’ \u00a0She even covered her eyes briefly! \u00a0 I know that parents shouldn’t live through their children, but I was. \u00a0For those 2 hours, I was once again an excited 7 year old little girl experiencing \u00a0the magic of the story.<\/p>\n I asked Rachel what was her favorite part of the show, and she said “everything”!<\/p>\n At the end of the show, some of the cast members were taking donations for an AIDS charity. \u00a0Rachel gave the Tin Man some money and had her picture taken with him. \u00a0On a side note, I don’t remember the Tin Man being that cute in the movie – hehehehe.<\/p>\n