Sesame Street Live-When Elmo Grows Up

The Sesame Street gang came to town this weekend, so of course we had to go and see Elmo and Cookie Monster. Gage was excited about going, but when they came out on stage, he was a little frightned at first because he couldn't believe that these guys were actually here, right in front of him! They even came down off the stage to meet with the kids, sadly Cookie Monster and Elmo came before Gage was really warmed up, so he screamed when they came. After the first hour, he did finally warm up and gave on of the characters a high five, but then asked to give Elmo a high five, which he wasn't able to do then. But he did really like the concert and it is something to always remember and hopefully they come again!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

On Sunday, the National Guard had their family Christmas day, and one of the officers Ray works with us invited us to come and see the helicopters. Gage can point out a plane or helicopter in the sky when it is just a dark speck, so we figured he would really enjoy it; but alas, there were too many people in a weird place, and the helicopter was enourmous and a bit overwhelming for Gage.


There were some activities for the kids to do, like jumpers, which Gage wanted to do, but not without me, and these jumpers had doors that were just too small for me to go through, so we just watched the kids slide. Gage wanted to take some pictures of his own of this.

Gage started to really relax and have a good time when we discovered the craft tables, we decorated cookies, made a card, and made a candy cane reindeer.