When Elmo Grows Up

Last night we took Ryan to see Sesame Street Live:When Elmo Grows Up. Let me start by saying that Ryan is going through a stubborn/independent stage in which he wants things his way or no way. I'd been telling him about the upcoming show all week and his response every time was "I don't want to go, I'm too big for Elmo". And no, I've never told him that Elmo is for babies, so I don't even know where he got that from. So...ALL day Thursday he was being grumpy and each time I asked him what was wrong he said "I don't want to go to Elmo tonight". Several times throughout the day I thought about offering our tickets to someone else, but I decided to stick with the idea since he loved it so much last year. It literally took me an entire 25 minutes to get his Elmo shirt on and another 10 minutes to get him into the car! (Did I mention that "stubborn phase" is an understatement?!) Well, we got there and he had the time of his life!! The very second that the lights went down and the characters came out onto the stage he was up out of his seat dancing and clapping along with a giant smile on his face! I took exactly 3 pictures before I dropped the camera and broke it. I was very upset, but luckily we found Bennett & Alexander after the show and Apryl was kind enough to take some pictures for us so we had some proof that we were there! (Thanks Apryl)