Where's the princess... where's the princess??

We went to see Aladdin at Desales University this past weekend and ahead of time I explained to the boys about the show being different from the Disney version and read the online description of the show which included the name of the princess "Serena". After he started thinking about the princess every once in a while during our days Josh would ask me what her name was - again and again. Once we got to the theater some of the kids were seated around the perimeter of the stage on little carpets and Josh sat there for a short time then moved up into seats with the rest of us - I was glad he did it voluntarily since I was picturing him trying to talk to or hug the princess during the show and trying to figure out how to contain his enthusiasm. In the mean time Dima went to his seat - it might have helped that we literally sat in the same place we did last year for Jungle Book but he was remarkably well behaved and focused on the show. When they started the performance Josh was asking every few seconds "Where's the princess... where's the princess??" Once she came out he was like.." She's beautiful" If you ask now he'd tell you he remembers the princess and the few times that characters blew raspberries - Josh and his cousin were sitting next to each other and thought that it was just hilarious. After the show the cast sits in the lobby and signs coloring sheets. One of the ushers told me she went to Serena and described Josh to her and she was expecting him to be thrilled to see her. As we got through the line of kids waiting to see her he was actually kind of subdued and even kind of quite while she signed his sheet. Then as she was wrapping up the line of kids he decided he wanted to go hug her and again once he got close was kind of deer -in -the headlights in awe. She was very nice to him and I remembered the actress from Jungle Book - she was super nice to him then too.
She's got a fan for life in Josh if she ever pursues acting seriously.