Elmo at Nokia Theater

Last year I took Gavin to see Elmo's show "When Elmo grows up" at Nokia Theater. He had a great time and loved seeing all his 'friends.' This year we decided to make a family event of it and take Grayson too (and Greg of course!) We had a great time. The boys loved seeing all their 'friends'-Elmo, Cookie Monster, Zoe, Grover, Ernie, Count, Bert, Big Bird, Oscar, Abby, Tele, and many more. This years show was called "Elmo's Green Thumb" and was about taking care of the Earth and planting his new friend (plant) names Sunny. The songs were great - yes I bought the CD - and the dancing was super cute. It really only got rocky during intermission when they brought out Elmo mylar balloons ($10 each). G&G love balloons and were so excited until the show started again and we had to - per overhead instruction - put the balloons under the seats so everyone could enjoy the show. Needless to say about 1/2 the theater was filled with toddler screams as Moms and Dads has to take the balloons away and stuff the large mylar Elmo's under the seats. It was awful! Poor planning is all I can say about that; why didn't they just sell the ballons at the end of the show?? Crazy!! Anyways, they chilled out shortly after the show started.
Super fun time for G&G and exhausting time for Greg and I! Ah, the sacrifices of parenthood!