If it wasn't obvious enough yet that I'm the parent of a toddler, we took Simon to see Sesame Street Live today. The timing was good because we found he was quite a fan of the shows on our cruise a few weeks ago. He has been asking about "see the show on the ship."
It was a lot of chaos, to be honest, but kids were having a good time. We got the cheap seats because Diana bought the tickets months ago, and we had no idea how he might behave by the time the show rolled around. He was actually pretty good for the most part, but it could have been about 15 minutes shorter with no intermission. I found the costumed characters slightly creepy, because their eyes are so expressionless. I tried to focus on "Junky Jenny" ("Junky" because her pants were super tight around her junk), because she was the one human on the stage.
During the intermission, I was walking Simon around a little, and we went up to the balcony of the State Theatre. There was no one up there other than in the front four rows. We immediately relocated up there, which gave Simon a chance to stand and dance around a little without being in the way of anyone. He got a little bored between songs, when they were trying to push the narrative of the show. Jenny was a new music teacher, and waiting for her truck of instruments. It took them the whole show to arrive.
Simon is really into musical performances. We noticed it at the Red Garter Saloon at Cedar Point last fall, and then on the cruise each night. He's also obsessed with the Blue Man Group How To Be A Megastar DVD. He watches closely, bobs his head and jumps around. I'm really thrilled about that, because music very much soundtracks my life, and I hope it does for him too. If we take him to Florida later this year, I'm seriously considering taking him to see BMG at Universal.
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