Sesame Street Live!

It has been a CRAZY night in our family! We just got home from going to see a Sesame Street show!! Mommy was lucky enough to win some FREE tickets. Ok, we didn't win them. In actuality we lost and some of our friends won...but I sent the company running the contest a message on facebook thanking them for the contest and wishing my friends a good time. Tuesday morning I got a private message saying they had 4 extra tickets for the Wednesday show and asking if I'd like them. HECK YES!!!!!


Peter was super excited. It was hard to contain him. All evening was a tiring game of chase and it felt like he was winning! He just wanted to run and play and laugh. I guess the prospect of Elmo is super exciting to a 3 year old!


Wyatt was much more calm. He just rested in his Moby wrap and hugged mom the whole night. He ended up sleeping in it the whole show.


Daddy and Peter both wore their Cookie Monster shirts. They matched!


Part of our winnings was a private photo with some of the characters! Imagine our surprise when we walked in and saw Cookie Monster! Just like their shirts! AWESOME! Abby Cadabby was there too, she's a new fairy character. Most of my pics came out blurry but somehow when I handed the camera over to the workers their shots worked. Atleast I got one good photo and everyone is even looking!


Before going back out to the lobby Peter had to give Cookie a big hug. It looks like he almost got lost in all that fur!


In the lobby Peter found Elmo!


Wyatt had no clue what was going on. He just looked around kinda concerned and chewed on his fist. This is his latest hobby. I think he prefers that to a pacifier.


We had brought Peter's Elmo from home so he got to take him inside as we looked for our seats.


Imagine our surprise when we walked in and saw that our entire row was filled with our friends from the mommy group! Four different families had all won tickets through the same group! Peter was jumping up and down and giving hugs to all his buddies. All the kids decided to group together and sit in a row. It was the cutest thing. Peter was rarely near us the whole night. All the kids just kinda migrated through the different families during the show. I'm glad he got to share the experience with some friends.


I will never forget Peter's face when Cookie Monster and Elmo first came out. His eyes got big, his jaw dropped and he whipped his head around at me and pointed at the stage smiling. He couldn't believe what he was seeing! Big Bird, Super Grover, Bert, Ernie, they all were there.


It was a great show and certainly a new experience for Peter. He learned to clap after songs and had fun interacting with the characters. He had a great time! Mommy and Daddy had fun watching Cookie Monster rap and marveling at Elmo doing sommersaults in full costume. Wyatt slept thru it all but did jump a few times when little cannons went off and sent confetti and streamers into the audience. Thank you Sesame Street and TMC Children's Hospital for a wonderful night!