Elmo's Green Thumb

This was our 3rd consecutive year to be able to go to Sesame Street Live....employees of the PBS station here are offered vouchers for free tickets (my dad works there).....and well, I am not one to turn down much of anything free....

We got drinks before we went to our seats....and had told Kraig we would be getting something for lunch after the show...we no sooner got sat down that he said he was hungry. grrrr...

I think he has been hanging out with his sister too much.....each time we take a picture, he also makes a silly face for us to photograph as well.....

This is shortly after the show started....he liked it I think. He DID NOT like that the lights were off. So in between his interest, he kept asking if the lights were going to come back on.


During intermission.....

And, now....the show! It was a really cute story..... This is the intro song....they introduced each character alphabetically (except for E....they saved that one for last...wonder why?) E = Elmo!

Elmo is holding his friend Sunny....he is trying to find a home for Sunny.



Big Bird describes why HIS garden is the best choice for Sunny......


And Oscar the Grouch describes his garden.....

Elmo chooses Big Bird's garden (of course!)....and then wonders how to make Sunny grow...So Abby Cadabby casts a spell to make Sunny big....only she makes the group of them SMALL...they are now in the garden! (Reminds of those little bugs they used to show on Sesame Street in the window planters.....or of Honey I Shrunk the Kids...)



Once they figure out where they are, they meet some garden "critters"....by this time they have met a bee already, who suggested they use their situation to give them a new point of view (ie from Sunny's perspective.) Here they are meeting Ladybugs.....

And then they meet some Beetles (they rapped their conversation)...and they were kind of grumpy!

Then Big Bird waters his garden.....and it rains on Elmo and Sunny and the others.



I like the mushrooms in this picture.....they were outlined in lights and just looked really really pretty.

Abby Cadabby calls her Fairy Godmother for help......but there is a bad connection....so she then calls her Fairy Goduncle Joe (?..Joe is a fairy...hmm). She finally figures out the correct word for her spell and they become big again.

Elmo has chosen the perfect spot for Sunny...and they plant him.

This is the final song....

I took several photos of Kraig with Elmo...he would never look at me....or not look at me long enough. My camera has a delay on it that I don't know how to turn off....so I miss alot of cool shots because of it.

Don't know what was up there...but apparently it caught his eye....

This was the final picture....