A few weeks ago, Court's sister called and asked us if she and her husband could take Meredith to see Sesame Street Live. Meredith is a Sesame Street fanatic, and they knew she would love it. Of course, Court and I had to tag along! So yesterday, we loaded her up and headed to Beaumont. The show itself was okay...definitely more entertaining for the kids. I couldn't really even tell you too much about the plot because I was so focused on Meredith and her reactions to what was going on. It was fun to watch her dance and yell out character names, letters of the alphabet, and numbers. She was so excited, although she didn't like it when the characters got too close. Our tickets were for one of the back rows, up high...but we were surprised to see tons of empty seats down on the floor. During intermission, they were selling Elmo balloons down in front of the stage. Meredith looked at Court and said, "Daddy...Elmo loon?" Of course, Court couldn't say no. Even though those dang balloons were $10 a piece! Yikes! But Meredith loved that balloon...sadly we left it at Court's parents house on accident, so her enjoyment was short lived. (Mom and Dad - save it for us...Court says he has a helium canister at work, so we can blow it up for her again!) Anyway...after intermission, we stayed down on the floor and sat in the 5th row since no one sat there through the entire first half. That allowed Meredith to see the characters up close and personal. Like I said, as long as they didn't get too close...she was very happy. Here are a few pictures and a video.
The video is a collection of clips of Meredith watching the show. It was pretty dark in there, so the video is not the best. And I admit it may start to feel a little long...sorry! But you get to hear her say the names of some of her favorite characters and dance around. I figured it would be something fun for her to see when she's a little older. I mean, I never got to go to Sesame Street Live when I was a kid, but if I did, it would be fun to see myself at 2 years old dancing and talking about all the characters! Her initial reaction wasn't as strong as we expected, but I think she was more shocked at first...like, what? Ernie's here? Elmo? What? We'd been telling her all week that she was going to see Elmo on Saturday, but she'd just look at us like, "What are you talking about?" LOL.
3/4 of the way through the first half, Meredith started getting a little restless, so I took her down to the floor...there was a big open area at the back where I could stand and let her run around a bit...she liked being able to run free and dance around...here's the stage from that perspective.
Waiting for the 2nd half of the show to start
Meredith spent most of the 2nd half standing in the aisle dancing. At one point, I was talking to Matt and I saw her take off running out of the corner of my eye. By the time I got to her, she was almost to the stairs leading up to the stage! I was so embarrassed! But most of the people who saw her just laughed.
The show was called "Elmo's Green Thumb" and the gist of the show was that Elmo had this new friend "Sunny the Sunflower." Sunny had out grown his pot, so Elmo had to find the right spot in Big Bird's garden to plant it. So, they visited different parts of the garden and talked to the ladybugs and crickets. Then they finally found the perfect spot.
Meredith got to shake hands with some of the characters...of course, she was shaking like a leaf and clinging to me. If they stood there too long, she'd start crying. As soon as they walked away, she was fine. I guess they would be huge and scary to someone so little.
The Count
Grover - Meredith calls him "Grober"
Cookie Monster - so tall you can't see his eyes in this picture! LOL!After the show ended we went up and took a picture in front of the perfect spot Elmo found to plant his new friend "Sunny the Sunflower"
Thanks Uncle Matt and Aunt Kari for such a fun time!! ;)
