Capital "E" Elmo

Eli will need to thank Cooper for a long time. Tonight the four of us got to join Cooper and his family in box seats at the Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music production. Since Eli is Elmo's #1 fan, despite the fact that he has 'mean' parents that don't allow too much TV (meaning he has barely seen a dozen Sesame Street TV shows), we jumped at the chance to go see (Capital "E") Elmo 'Live'. When Elmo and the gang took the stage, Eli could not stop saying "ELMO!" as he pointed towards the big, red character. He also pointed out Grover, Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Zoe. He was quite excited to see the musical instruments they took out, especially the drums at the end. I wasn't sure how he'd react, given how far away from the characters we were seated, but his attention stayed focused on the show the entire time.

Before the main event, Eli, Maddux and I went to a local 'jump room' (Kangazoom)since it rained all morning. Eli had a great time with his friends, Tyler and Noah, though I think Eli would have been content just to be in a room with four or five bouncy balls that he could throw around(the jump castles didn't wow him too much). In one room there were a few very large inflatable slides (probably a two-story room and the slides started all the way up at the ceiling), with inflatable steps (think a slide with slats on in). Since I had Maddux strapped to my front, I couldn't climb up with Eli, so I figured he'd just have to sit this one out, or go up with another parent. However, when he saw Tyler's mommy climbing up with him, Eli followed right behind: all by himself! I was quite shocked, considering how high up it was and considering he really didn't know what was in store for him at the top. He went down the slide by himself too, which was great to watch; he spun around a few times, but ended up feet first when he got to the bottom. Of course we returned home and Eli decided to throw a monumental tantrum resulting in no lunch (totally not something I want to take away on a regular basis, but Eli was completely uncooperative). So, good morning, bad afternoon, good night. Still a good day in my book!