Today was the big day! We went to the Sprint Center to have a meet and greet with Elmo before the Sesame Street Live show. Before we left the house, I told Nick what we were doing and asked if he wanted to meet Elmo.....his immediate response, "No." We stopped by Burger King on the way there to pick up some GFCF French Fries for the boys. I said, "does anyone want french fries?" I heard Nick mutter something from the backseat, but couldn't understand what he said. I said, "I can't hear you....you Do want fries or you Don't?" Nick answered, "I DO!" LOL We picked up the french fries and headed out for our adventure.
We got to the Sprint Center at about 12:15 even though we weren't supposed to be there until 12:40. We showed our meet and greet letter to the doorman and were escorted back to a conference room where several other families were waiting. Almost right away, Grover and The Count came out for a visit. Nick and Max took pictures with them, but were not terribly excited. We were told that Elmo was NOT coming out for the meet and greet...WTH? We thought we had wasted a good portion of the day, even had daddy take off work to come with us....for Grover and The Count? Anyway, we started looking at our letter and it said to meet at the soundboard at 12:40. It was only 12:30 and we were pretty sure that we had NOT been at the soundboard when we met Grover and The Count. We started asking around with the employees and finally were told that we had been taken to the wrong meet and greet. We were going to a "special" meet and greet with only one other family! So, we were finally taken to the soundboard where we met with an employee and were escorted to another area of the building. It wasn't long before we saw Elmo and The Count rounding the corner! (Big Bird tried to come, but he was too tall to fit down the hallway!) Nick saw Elmo and says, "Elmo?" He gave Elmo hugs and kisses, high fives and sat in his lap. He needed a little encouragement, but he wasn't scared and was about as excited as he gets! Max was not real sure what to think about Elmo, but he wasn't afraid either.....just a little tentative. We took lots of pictures, said our good-byes and were escorted back into the theater. We explained that we did not have tickets and that Nick probably wouldn't be able to make it through any amount of the show anyway. We were told that they could find us some seats and we could see if Nick would be able to stay.
While we were waiting to be escorted to some seats, the lights dimmed and the show began! Nick was curious and began edging closer to the stage. He covered his ears, but didn't scream or try to run away! We agreed to be led to some seats to see how it would go. We all sat down and Nick and Max became entranced by the show! Allen and I just looked at each other in shock! This was our child who became inconsolably upset at the same show, just one year ago? We both got a little choked up and excited at the same time. We took tons of pictures of Nick calmly watching the show, just to prove it actually happened. We made it to intermission and I called work to make sure someone would cover for me so I could stay for the rest of the show. Nick got cotton candy and a furry Elmo hat for being such a big boy!
It was a little rough for awhile after we sat back down for the second half of the show. Nick was restless and he did start screaming and throwing a tantrum. He pulled on my arm and said, "bye, bye." I just ignored that little request and pointed out that Cookie Monster was on stage. He became distracted and got wrapped back up in the show. Max was dancing, stomping his feet and clapping with the audience.....what a cutie! Both boys did a great job and we finished out the rest of the show with just some minor restlessness. At one point we saw a parent who had to carry a screaming child out of the theater. I was shocked as I thought to myself that for once, it wasn't my child who caused the disruption!
On the ride home, I turned around and asked Nick, "did you have fun meeting Elmo and watching the show?" His response? "Happy......Happy." Me too, Nick.....me too :)
We got to the Sprint Center at about 12:15 even though we weren't supposed to be there until 12:40. We showed our meet and greet letter to the doorman and were escorted back to a conference room where several other families were waiting. Almost right away, Grover and The Count came out for a visit. Nick and Max took pictures with them, but were not terribly excited. We were told that Elmo was NOT coming out for the meet and greet...WTH? We thought we had wasted a good portion of the day, even had daddy take off work to come with us....for Grover and The Count? Anyway, we started looking at our letter and it said to meet at the soundboard at 12:40. It was only 12:30 and we were pretty sure that we had NOT been at the soundboard when we met Grover and The Count. We started asking around with the employees and finally were told that we had been taken to the wrong meet and greet. We were going to a "special" meet and greet with only one other family! So, we were finally taken to the soundboard where we met with an employee and were escorted to another area of the building. It wasn't long before we saw Elmo and The Count rounding the corner! (Big Bird tried to come, but he was too tall to fit down the hallway!) Nick saw Elmo and says, "Elmo?" He gave Elmo hugs and kisses, high fives and sat in his lap. He needed a little encouragement, but he wasn't scared and was about as excited as he gets! Max was not real sure what to think about Elmo, but he wasn't afraid either.....just a little tentative. We took lots of pictures, said our good-byes and were escorted back into the theater. We explained that we did not have tickets and that Nick probably wouldn't be able to make it through any amount of the show anyway. We were told that they could find us some seats and we could see if Nick would be able to stay.
While we were waiting to be escorted to some seats, the lights dimmed and the show began! Nick was curious and began edging closer to the stage. He covered his ears, but didn't scream or try to run away! We agreed to be led to some seats to see how it would go. We all sat down and Nick and Max became entranced by the show! Allen and I just looked at each other in shock! This was our child who became inconsolably upset at the same show, just one year ago? We both got a little choked up and excited at the same time. We took tons of pictures of Nick calmly watching the show, just to prove it actually happened. We made it to intermission and I called work to make sure someone would cover for me so I could stay for the rest of the show. Nick got cotton candy and a furry Elmo hat for being such a big boy!
It was a little rough for awhile after we sat back down for the second half of the show. Nick was restless and he did start screaming and throwing a tantrum. He pulled on my arm and said, "bye, bye." I just ignored that little request and pointed out that Cookie Monster was on stage. He became distracted and got wrapped back up in the show. Max was dancing, stomping his feet and clapping with the audience.....what a cutie! Both boys did a great job and we finished out the rest of the show with just some minor restlessness. At one point we saw a parent who had to carry a screaming child out of the theater. I was shocked as I thought to myself that for once, it wasn't my child who caused the disruption!
On the ride home, I turned around and asked Nick, "did you have fun meeting Elmo and watching the show?" His response? "Happy......Happy." Me too, Nick.....me too :)
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