VeggieTales Live - "Sing Yourself Silly"

Yes, we saw Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber live and in (ahem) person!!!!  The new church we've been going to hosted this event and we went back and forth on whether to buy tickets or not.  Dave Ramsey and our Total Money Makeover said "no".  Then, my friend Lindsey came to the rescue.  She forwarded an email about volunteer opportunities.  I volunteered to help break down the set and load the truck that night, so we got two free tickets to the 2:00pm show. 



Here we are waiting to go in and find our seats.

So, I picked Thomas up from preschool, grabbed a quick lunch and headed for the auditorium.  We sat with Maria, who is in my bible study small group, and her son, Angelo.  Maria was kind enough to purchase both boys these cool lights.  Thomas really did enjoy his light, and still is enjoying it around the house, even though he looks a little questionable here.

Thomas enjoyed the show and so did I!  It was a countdown of the top 10 silly songs, with a few lesson songs thrown in.  They even threw in a few 80's songs for the adults.  Don't ask me how they worked 80's music into a kids show, but they made it work!  We got to sing along to I'm Walking On Sunshine and Gourds Just Want To Have Fun.  The characters are HUGE!  The feet of the "actors" are covered up by the costume so it appears as though these gigantic vegetables with smiling faces are floating around the stage.  There are even costume changes!!  At one point, there was a close call.... Larry's pupil fell off.  Crisis averted - he apparently knew what had happened so he sang part of the song with his back to the audience until the friendly host rescued his pupil from the front of the stage and reapplied it, at which point the parents chuckled and he turned around to finish his number.

I was actually pretty nervous about behavior, especially considering the time of day, and making sure that Thomas stayed with me in the crowd, knowing that he would want to be up and running around the entire time.  So, after getting all of his misbehaving done during lunch, he behaved for the most part and started really slowing down towards the end.  He spent the last two songs in my lap and started to fade during the last song.  When the lights came up, he didn't move and Maria said that he was out.  Poor guy.  It was his nap time, after all.  I woke him up and we headed on our way.


Here is Thomas being an attentive audience member

Because we had so much fun (and we had some time to kill before picking Daddy up from work) we went to get a treat at Marmalade Skies.  It's one of those make-your-own frozen yogurt places.  They are apparently very popular and they're popping up everywhere.  You pick up your cup, pick your own frozen yogurt, as many flavors as you want.  Mommy chose a swirl of Pumpkin Pie and Marshmallow.  Then you move down the line and pick your toppings.  I let Thomas pick whatever he wanted, so we ended up with gummy bears, peanut butter cups (an ode to Daddy), chocolate sauce & M&M's.  It was pretty good, enough to satisfy both of us and only $3.50!  My kind of place....


Yummmm!!!

So, all in all, we had a great time and Thomas enjoyed it!!!  .........I think.