No really, can you tell me how to get there? Cause I know Eli would love to live there if he could. Me too actually, at least they have sunny days that sweep the clouds away. Finally the day arrived and we headed to Sesame Street Live. I have been looking forward to taking Eli there since we bought the tickets in November.
Eli took a good nap before we went to the show, so that was a relief. When I booked the tickets in November, he was on a completely different nap schedule than he is now. Luckily he woke up at 6:00am yesterday, so I hoped he would go down early. Normally I wouldn't consider him waking up at 6:00am a good thing, but today I did.
When we got to show, Eli was so excited just looking around at all the kids his age with Sesame Street shirts on. Every time he would see someone with an Elmo shirt or Sesame Street shirt, he would walk up to them and point at the shirt. It was so cute! He also saw all the Sesame Street merchandise and kept pointing to it all. For the most part, it was all stuff that you could buy in the store and wayyyy overpriced. They did have a Sesame Street penant with a few characters on it that you wouldn't have been able to buy anywhere else. We ended up getting that for him after we left the show.
Big Bird came on the overhead a few minutes before the show started to give a countdown and tell us a few rules. I think Eli recognized his voice. When the lights dimmed and the music started, I was so freaking excited to see his face. I think I was smiling so hugely, tears of joy actually streamed down my face! This might have been an unusual reaction, if it wasn't for being a mother and all :)
The first few minutes of the show, Eli was just mesmerized! I kind of thought he'd be more smiley and laughing and such, but he was so serious. I'm just glad he wasn't scared of the characters. We were sitting about 5 or 6 rows back, and had to peer over some heads, so I don't know that we got the best seats. Eli wasn't really interested in standing up to see, so I kind of bent my arm at a 90 degree angle and sat him on my arm.
Later into the show, he started clapping along with the music every once in awhile. It was nice to see him enjoying it. I thought the show was very cute and didn't mind watching it at all. They had a little intermission and Eli and I walked around for a few minutes to stretch our legs. Eli kept seeing all the Sesame Street merch and kept wanting it all. That was tough. After they came back from the break, Elmo's World came on! That is Eli's favorite part of Sesame Street. He started getting a little antsy towards the end, throwing fits here and there so we decided to leave a few minutes early.
By the time we made it home, I think Eli was a little overstimulated. He ended up taking another nap! All and all it was a great show and a great day! I'm so glad we were able to take him and get him a little gift to leave with.
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