Sesame Street Weekend

Last weekend John and I took Megan to see Sesame Street Live.  We're not big Sesame Street watchers at our house but Megan watches it occasionally with her Lewis Grandparents so she's more than familiar with the characters.  Our pastor ordered tickets for a group of five families from our church so we could all sit together and overall it was a fun time.

It was a 10:30 show but we got there around 9:30 since we left early to allow time to drop off Owen.  (We dropped off Owen at John's parents' place on the way down to the Target center since we didn't want to deal with a squirmy baby during the show and I do not regret our decision.)  There was a little activity before the show where kids could get an up close look at the characters and do some activities.  We didn't do too much on that level since it was just packed with kids but we took time to get a picture of John and Megan with Cookie Monster.  (This one's for you, Grandma Lewis!)

When we left home I said that we weren't going to spend any money there and I kept to my word - aside from the $10 parking ramp fee.  Megan got this cute little pig tattoo on her hand and also got her hair sprayed purple (hard to see in these pictures) both for free.  I was nervous when we went to the bathroom and all the kids were walking around with Abby wands and spinning Elmo toys and Megan did say she wanted one but I held my ground.  We had a snack of blueberries, apples and pumpkin bread before the show started instead of all the cotton candy, lemonade, donuts and other concessions.  I did feel a little guilty for not buying anything but also didn't want Megan to get the impression that when we go to these things she can have whatever she wants.  It was especially bad since our seats were right behind a major walkway and the cotton candy kept passing by us at eye level.  My proudest moment came when I pulled out a light-up toy out of our bag (a spinning Easter egg toy that Megan got for Easter last year) and gave it for her to play with during the second half.  She squealed and I confirmed that it was hers and I got a big hug.  A big win for Mommy!

 

The title of the show was Can't Stop Singing.  Abby loses her wand, Elmo finds it and casts a spell which makes everyone sing instead of speak.  Abby looks for her wand the entire time until she figures out that Elmo had it all along and had used it.  I think Megan liked it and definitely caught the emotions of Elmo and Abby from both sad to happy.  There were a couple songs after the intermission where she was even clapping along and doing some actions!

On the way out we stopped to say hi to an Abby cutout.

On the way back to pick up Owen we stopped for a little shopping.  I took this picture so you could see the purple hair!  Megan was also so concerned about her pig tattoo the whole time.  Even during her bath she kept her hand above the water the whole time so it wouldn't wash off!

 

We did break down and gave Megan a ride in this Mickey car for being a good sport during our errands!  Look at that smile!

There were a couple other highlights from last weekend.  We took the kids swimming at Safari Island right after church.  Owen hadn't been in the water since just a couple months and he was in absolute glory!  He totally soaked up every minute and there was no fussing for the entire time we were there - close to an hour! Megan loved it too and is testing her limits in the water.  I no more than opened up the door to the pool area and she was in the water.  And she also doesn't know when to stop - she'll keep going deeper and deeper.  I did get her to jump into the water from the edge into my arms and that was pretty fun!

Sunday night John and I went to EP Home Depot's holiday party at Brunswick Zone.  We had a buffet dinner and then spent time doing laser tag, arcade and bowling alley.  This was my first time playing laser tag and it was pretty fun.  I didn't know what to expect but at least I didn't come in last on our team!