ELMO!

On Saturday, Dan and I took Will to see Sesame Street Live in Jackson. It was great! We had been talking it up all week to Will and he thought that we were going to "Elmo's house" on Saturday morning...so Will thinks that Elmo lives in the Coliseum now! :) When we got there, the anticipation was eating Will alive. He couldn't talk about anything...100 percent of his focus was on getting to our seat and watching the stage until Elmo and crew came out. It was sooo funny to see how excited and yet how nervous Will was about the whole experience. When the music started and the characters came out, he stayed very serious and never cracked a smile, but he was loving it. I don't think he blinked the entire time! :) We had great seats on the floor and Dan and I were not concerned about Will with the noise or all the action. What we were concerned with was the possibility of a character getting too close to him and Will freaking out! He DOES NOT like the Easter bunny, Santa, Bully, etc. when they come toward him. Well, sure enough, characters start to make their way out into the audience, and Will starts to climb up Dan's shirt. But, one of the monsters ended up coming down our row and Dan talked Will ended waving to him. Well, a wave turned into a high five and Will was thrilled!! I am pretty sure his heart was beating a mile a minute, but he stayed calm. All in all, it was a great show and I am so glad that we took Will. Andrew stayed at Nonnie and Papaw's house, so Will had all the attention!
After the show, we went to the Kirks' house for lunch and the kids played a little while. Will was exhausted by the time we made it back to my parents' house and took a looooooonnnnngg nap!

Before the show started:


Serious! (Not sure why this is in blue and underlined?!)

This was the only smile he let out the entire performance...he was watching Cookie Monster chase a bumblebee!

Talking things over with Dan during intermission.