Check out this coupon from Mall of America's Amusement Park and notice the girl in maroon! Look familiar?
Since my little girl is as famous as SpongeBob now, I'll tell you how she ended up on these coupons that are all over town.
Since the MOA is basically our second home, when I found out the kids could ride the (expensive) rides for free by participating in the photo shoot, I thought it would be fun to sign up Aubrie.
Then, after arriving at the casting call, I found myself second guessing this great idea. There were overly-excited moms primping their well-polished model kids, and we were far from fitting in. I realized I would have a hard time if Aubrie wanted to pursue modeling. The process of having my daughter feel like she has to be judged by her looks is not something I feel comfortable with. Fortunately, this casting call was selected on only a first come basis, so I tried to downplay her observations of the others' fancy dresses and well-done hair.
Aubrie was selected for the kid bumper cars, and she ended up riding them for about 45 minutes! She loved it and had no problem flashing her smile for the camera.
At one point, they lined up the cars with just one in front. They specifically picked Aubrie for the front car and took a handful of just her pics for that. The photo assistant said to me: "It must be rough to have your daughter be a star!" That was a total compliment to her and fun, but I have to say I still don't feel like my self esteem has to come from her succeeding in a photo shoot and (hopefully) neither does hers. This probably says a lot about me, but we were there for the free rides, free prizes they gave her for doing it, and a new experience.
I figured we may or may not ever see her in promotional materials, so I was surprised when (less than a month after the shoot) our neighbors told us she was on a coupon! Then we found the same coupon on the website. The thing I'm surprised about is they probably took thousands of pictures of all the rides over a course of three days and hers was the one selected for the coupon!
8 comments:
I think that is awesome. How great that must be for her, if she was getting a message that you have to primp to win at that age, that it is not true. And you got free rides, the most important thing. Very cool. She is a cutie, in her own right, no make up needed. :)
I showed the coupon you gave me to Colin and Ian, and they thought it was the coolest thing in the world!
I think they picked Aubrie because she's exactly what you want to see at a theme park -- a happy, smiling child. Who brings a kid to a theme park in a dress with ringlets? That one's got a zest for life; I can tell that from her dancing videos. :)
I'm proud of you Jeni for knowing what is really important here -free rides and fun for Aubrie! Of course she is just beautiful and I would have picked her for the coupon too!
This is so awesome! And now it is documented for the world that the MOA is indeed the favorite destination of the Owen girls! Aubrie was the natural choice :-)
She looks darling and who can resist that smile. When are we ever going to see you guys. The beach next year? Hope it's not that long.
I am cracking up looking at Dave's mini-me (Aubrie)with long hair.
This is Katie Baer....from the Lake! I found your blog from one of the Kent's and sent it to Bobby Baer too! I love it. Your family is adorable.
Who primps and wears fancy dresses for an amusement park ride? Aubrie captures what it was about much better than anyone else: fun! Plus as others have noted, she is too cute! I love that you went for the free rides! Once a Deery, always a Deery :)
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