It's no secret... High School Musical is a BIG deal in our house. When the first one came out we had a slumber party with my niece (who was 12 at the time) and we stayed up late watching the movie and pigging out. Aspen was probably 6 at the time and she quickly developed a MAJOR crush on Zac Efron (I gotta admit... I have a little crush on him too... that boy is a CUTIE).
So when the second movie came out-- same story. We were way excited and had a party to watch it. We've now watched HSM 1 & 2 more times than should be allowed and can recite nearly every line, song and dance. We own HSM Twister, HSM dvd board game, and our latest favorite... HSM Sing It for the Playstation (karaoke at it's best).
So, it's no surprise that when we found out about HSM3 being on the BIG SCREEN, we had to get tickets for opening day. So... this afternoon me, Jaime, and my mom are headed to the movies with all the kids. Aspen wore a HSM shirt and took her HSM purse to school. Jackson is actually really excited too (even if he won't admit it).
Over the summer we took a field trip to East High. It was better than Christmas for Aspen! I'm not sure why I never blogged about it... it definitely was a blog-worthy event! We let ourselves inside the building (they were not actually filming this day but they were getting one of the sets ready). We ran into a super-nice crew member and he let Aspen wear is "HSM CREW" badge and he took us on a tour. It was awesome! Aspen especially loved seeing the cafeteria and Sharpay's pink locker!
The really nice crew guy let us in on a secret (which is no longer a secret since the movie is now released)... but he told us that Troy & Gabriella had a dance scene on the rooftop garden with just the two of them. He then took us up to the roof where they were setting up the garden and introduced us to the set designers. We weren't allowed to take any pictures up on the roof-- it was too top secret!
This bottom picture is the rooftop from in front of the school. You can see the trees and stuff! We were secretly hoping for a Zac Efron run-in or some kind of star sighting but after a private tour it didn't even matter. (We also finished the day eating cupcakes at So Cupcake... and we all know how I feel about cupcakes so it was a GREAT day!)
Aspen and Jackson are SO excited to see the movie today. I keep reminding them (over and over) what an awesome mom they have to take time off work just to take them to the movie on opening day and Aspen finally said to me, "Mom, you're just as excited as we are." She's totally right!
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whenever the commercial for this movie comes on, Dain say, "look! it's the gay kids high school!". ha ha ha
We've had our tickets for weeks now. This morning Olivia woke up and said, "Is it today?" like she does everyday and I got to say "yes!" We are so so so excited, too!
It was an absolutely darling movie made so much more fun by the excitement of these darling grandkids (and their mothers)!
I have never seen 1 or 2 but on friday night Nick's school reserved a theatre just for it so J & I took Nick. I bursted out laughing when the main guy started singing while playing basketball. J had to tell me to stop and I realized the name High School Musical meant singing. It was cute though and my cousin was the drama teacher's assistant so it was cool to see him.
I need a little girl to use as an excuse to go to HSM 3!
Can I steal Aspen for a night- I'm suuure she wouldn't mind :) HEY! YOU and I should just go together- we could pass for jr high right?
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