Sesame Street Live

Early in the summer a moms' group that I am a part of told me that they could get really inexpensive tickets to Sesame Street Live so I bought 5 tickets for our family. I knew that Oliver might not last the whole show which is why I bought a ticket for Tory as well. But the day before the show Tory hurt his leg and wasn't up for it and since I wasn't up for taking my three kids, I left Tory home with Oliver and we invited Parker and Penelope's friend Dmitri to come with us. We got to our seats just as the show was starting. In the opening song the characters come down off the stage and since we were sitting on the side, they were right by us which scared my kids. Thankfully Dmitri wasn't frightened by them. Parker and Penelope fell apart , they were so scared of the life-size characters. They both jumped into my lap. Penelope settled down quickly and I was able to move her to her seat in a few minutes. But Parker, bless his heart, he pretty much cried through the first half. He kept asking "is it over?" and "can we go home?" After the intermission we went back in and Parker didn't cry but he did plug his ears for the entire show, poor kid. But afterwards all the kids just talked and talked about how exciting it was to see Elmo and Big Bird and Cookie Monster. Here are some pics from our first theatre experience - they are all from the 2nd half when Parker calmed down and I could take some photos!

Here are the three kids just after the show outside the theatre. I think having Dmitri ride in our car was just as exciting as seeing Sesame Street Live. They loved having a friend with them!