Sesame Street Live

We went to see a free Sesame Street Live show on base this weekend sponsored by the USO. The line to get in was the longest I've ever seen at the base theater, all the way around the building and almost down to Douglas Blvd - yes, even longer than Twilight or Batman. Luckily for us, Scott volunteered to help them set up the day before so we got to go in first with the other volunteers and didn't have to wait in line. Scott was the hero of the day in my book! All the kids got free Sesame Street swag, including this light up spinning Elmo toy. It was a big hit!

Anna is mesmerized by hers.

Posing as a few characters while we wait.

The stage was all set before the performance. For some reason Matthew was very worried about them opening the curtains (I don't like it if Elmo opens the curtains!), so he was happy to see that the curtains were already open when we got there.

The show was short and sweet - lots of singing and dancing. The kids liked it I think.
Of course, Elmo was the big star!!

Some of the characters came down to shake hands with the kids. This is how close I was to cookie monster while he shook Matthew's hand. Anna was a quite alarmed when he came down to say hi to her. He was big!!

Matthew got to shake hands with Elmo at the end of the show. My camera was having trouble focusing in the dark, so I missed getting him actually saying hi to Elmo, but you get the idea. Matthew got to be the first one to shake Elmo's hand since we were sitting in the front. It was very exciting for all of us!

Here's Anna after the show (and after naptime - notice the amazing post naptime hair) playing with her Elmo toy. The batteries are nearly dead now, so I will have to open it up to see if they have replaceable batteries. Fun! It was so nice that the USO arranged to have the free Sesame Street show plus the free goodies! We had a great time!