The Concert of the Year!

No, no it wasn't Bon Jovi ;)

It wasn't even one of those other oldie but goodie bands.

It was Lily's first concert, THE WIGGLES!

Of course, she fell asleep in the car on the way across town and took a few moments to wake up. But oh my, she had a GREAT time. I am not sure if her favorite part was the singing, dancing, acrobatic feats, the proximity with which we were to the stage and Murray and Anthony walking by, the m&m's her supplier provided or just the $18 light stick Granma and Papa bought her. During the slower moments, Lily would put her face against the light stick and watch it spin, or put it on the floor and watch the floor light up. She almost got into a fight with the little girl sitting behind us over the light stick. The little girl was extremely jealous and pushed Lil and Lily handed her lightstick to the nearest adult as if to say, "OK, that is it! It is on now little girl!" Luckily tensions were diffused and toddlers were distracted by another great song on stage.

Lily would dance, spin, jump and do all the motions for the Wiggles songs. A few of her favorites included: Quack, Quack; Fruit Salad; Twinkle, twinkle; and Rock-a-bye your bear. She enjoyed watching Dorothy do ballet. She was in complete shock for the first few moments especially during the signature song "Toot, toot, chugga, chugga, Big Red Car!" She has never seen anything but videos and a few shows on Sprout. But once she warmed up there was no stopping her. Today she is wearing her concert t-shirt and has looked at the program and coloring sheet a bazillion times and can point to each Wiggle by name.

Grace had a great time too. She is the original wiggler in this house and had already been to 5 shows of the wiggles live, her first at almost the exact age Lily is. Grace was able to enjoy the show with her Granma, Aunt Anna, Cousin Taylor, Best Friends Josh and Caleb and Mrs. Lara and Mommy and Lily. Grace's favorite song of all time is the Shimmy Shake, performed by her crush Sam Wiggle(otherwise known as Sam Moran and always the yellow shirt wearer when we have been to concerts). She danced, she sang and had a blast too. I do see the day when the wiggles won't be her thing, but I am glad that she still has some innocence to her and can enjoy herself. (We are hoping that Justin Beiber fever does not hit her anytime soon.)

Soon I will post pictures - I did take my camera, but the battery was dead, so I am depending on Aunt Anna and Mrs. Lara to help me get some pictures for the blog and one day scrapbook. :)