Doors opened 30 minutes early. Little people. Elmo. We were there early.
Mind you, our three little rock stars WALKED from the house to the gym to get there. A simple 5 minute (?) walk for you and I. I'm pretty sure they thought we were trekking through the Mojave Desert. But the did it. Both ways!
can you spot us? On the almost far right??
In between, our resting period, consisted of Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, characters that I don't know, and Katie -the little girl moving to a new base who needs reassurance she WILL make new friends, WILL keep in touch with her old friends, it's ok to be sad, and it WILL be all ok in the end.
The pics don't do the show, or my kids joy justice. At least 3 times characters came into the audience to greet the kiddos. who would have ever guessed Katie would be the most outgoing when this happened? at the end the kids could go up to the barriers to see them. There was lots of jumping and booty shaking. The closest I came to capturing their amazement and joy was with this blurry picture.
That smile says it all. "Look mommy, Elmo!"
Thanks to the spinner toys all kids were given we get to relive "Elmo!" All the time now.
In all seriousness, kudos to the USO for putting on a great show. And double kudos for putting it on at our little base. As much as the message was way beyond our kiddos understanding, I have to pause and wonder if the message was meant for this mommy and daddy while the pure joy of seeing Elmo was meant for the littles.
Loves!
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2 comments:
That is awesome! We are die hard Elmo fans over here. My girls would FREAK if they got to meet Elmo. We were looking at the SSLive tickets and for us 6 It is almost $400! Plus in a huge stadium, far from home. Sounds like you guys had an amazing time! We are totally jelly!
As hard as it is living in the middle of nowhere, in crumbling base housing, it is good to have a few perks - who would have thought that they would bring a production like that to Ft Greely. Better than attending a stage show - up front and CLOSE. What fun - would like to have been there to watch the kids joy.
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