On Sunday afternoon, Valentine’s Eve, John and I took our little Valentine to see her favorite purple dinosaur LIVE at the Cannon Center. The performance was an hour and a half with an intermission, which an adult definitely planned. This was her first time in any kind of theatre or performance (other than the circus from a box seat), so we weren’t sure how she would do. I expected her to go bonkers when Barney came out of stage, but she just sat in my lap in a zone, staring at him. She eventually warmed up and would clap or wave her hand every now and then, but surprisingly she never got up to dance. She grew tired of it after about 30 minutes, and she pulled her daddy by the hand toward the door (and he was more than willing to oblige her). Thank GOODNESS, our seats were one row back from the door and on the aisle. She was able to come and go as she wished, which kept her happy through the second half. As the performance ended, I headed out of the theatre to find the two of them, and I met them in the hallway. She got upset when she realized it was over and tried to run back into the theatre to see “Bah-ney!” By that time, a crush of people were coming out of the doors, and we had to swoop her up and head to the car. Thankfully, we had hours of Barney DVDs for her to watch and her stuffed animal Barney in the car, and she cheered right up. What an experience! Afterward, Mommy and Daddy snuck out for a nice, grown up dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day (with steaks, crab cakes, creme brulee, and wine- whoo hoo!!) while Grandma and Peggy put the party girl to bed.
Waving her hands
Roaming the halls
In a trance, seeing Barney on stage for the first time
Warming up at last
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