Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Confession Number 23: She Was Too Cute!

I had mixed feelings in my stomach last Saturday as we drove to Tulsa.  We were on a "Kennedy Day".  We have these from time to time where everything, or at least most, of what we do is something especially for the rugrat.  This last Kennedy Day we were off to Sesame Street Live and I was excited and dreading it all at the same time.  Would our seats be good enough for her to see?  Would she be excited to see her friends in real life, or scared to death because Big Bird was 10 ft. tall?  Would she throw a fit wanting everything Elmo and Abby related they were selling?  Would her lack of a nap equal a meltdown of cosmic proportion?  Would I rather poke my eyes out with a hot needle than have to sit in a convention center with 500 other toddlers and Sesame Street songs for an hour and a half? 

We started talking about it a week or so before....

Me:  You want to watch Elmo and Abby?
Kennedy:  No.  Dora.
Me:  How about Elmo and Abby?  We are going to go see them in a few days.  They are going to sing and dance for you. 
Kennedy:  I want Dora!  I want Mickey Mouse!  (Pretty much anything but Elmo and Abby)
Me:  Well, tough cookies kiddo, we are watching Elmo.

Okay, so I didn't say it like that, but we had this arguement a time or two in the days leading up to the show.  I wanted her to get excited about them again, and it worked.  Here she is, all ready for the big day...


It was a long day.  We ran to a couple of places in Tulsa.  We looked for her some new spring shoes.  When we asked her what she wanted to eat her reply was "steak"....one of her all time favs.  We took the liberty of deciding what kind of steak and settled on Pei Wei steak.  Well, okay, Mongolian Beef, but she thought it was yummy.  Then, finally we headed to the BOKCenter with our own Elmo and Abby in tow.  She thought it was great because we let her snack on some Dots before the show...
And she got to spend some quality time with Mom....

 and Dad....

But when the show started, I knew I had made the right decision.  She watched....


and she watched....

and she danced....


and she watched some more....
She loved seeing Elmo and Abby and all of her other friends...

And she didn't even ASK for a $10 Elmo balloon...

Yep.  I'm not joking.  $10 a pop.  Count with me...10, 20, 30, 40, 50....you don't even want to know how much money we saw float to the top of the BOKCenter.  Absolutely crazy!  Kennedy had a complete blast and so did Dustin and I.  It was fun, but we had a very tired girl on our hands when it was all over...


PS:  Yes, I know those big blue bows on her head are totally out of control.  Have you ever had a bow/ribbon fight with a 2 and a half year old "princess"?  Okay, then. 

2 comments:

  1. Oh, I love this post. I'm so glad you and KJ had a good time. :)

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  2. I remember taking Madelyn to Princesses on Ice during the state fair. I understand the balloon thing . . . spent $8 for a Cinderella cup snowcone. Don't ask me why I still remember that! It was grand, and glad I don't have to do that anymore. Just winter formals, Ugg boots and Coach purses now. Wow! I miss the old days. Cindy Anne

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