Finally a WINNER!

Yes, I am one of those people that mopes around complaining that I never win anything.  I'm not sure how many drawings and contests I've filled out those annoying forms for, but whatever the number is, I'm sure it's quite disturbing considering I never get anything out of the process.  I guess I shouldn't say that I've never won anything.  There was this time in elementary school when I won an inflatable bull named Buddy from the lunch ladies in the school cafeteria.  I know it's pretty sad that Buddy the Bull was a prized win of mine, but you have to take what you can get!  Well, I am happy to announce that the winless streak is over.  A few weeks ago while making dinner and listening to my favorite local radio station, BOB 97.9, I heard the deejay ask for caller number 6 in order to score Seasame Street Live tickets.  So I dialed the digits, with a fussy baby in hand, and to my surprise the deejay answered the phone.  I was caller six!!  Let me fill you in on a little secret....when people who win contests on the radio sound so smooth and put together and manage to remember the station's call letters, they've actually been edited to sound like they have it all together.  At least that's what they did for me, because I didn't remember the station's call letters (probably because I was so shocked that I had actually won something) and they managed to edit out Carter's fussing in the background.
So, last Tuesday we packed up the kids, plus Derek's mom who came to visit and use the fourth ticket and headed to Peoria.  We weren't sure if Carter would get anything out of it, but we knew our tickets were in the second row and that he would certainly be able to see the characters.  The show started at seven and was sceduled to be ninety minutes long, so I thought that Carter would be sleeping by intermission for sure.  Boy was I wrong!  Our seats actually ended up being the front row, since they didn't sell tickets to the first row and Carter LOVED the show.  His eyes were glued to the big, furry creatures from the minute the show began.  Addy loved the show to and did a lot of dancing and singing. She even got a wave from Cookie Monster! We knew she would really enjoy herself, but Carter really surpised us.  He just kept his eyes fixed on them the entire time and yelled at them.  We're pretty sure the yelling was meant to be terms of endearment as he was smiling and bouncing up and down as he was yelling.  It was a fun night and I am so glad that neither of our children were even the slightest bit freaked out by the huge Sesame Street characters dancing withing a few feet of their faces.  I was more freaked out than they were!

Add is focused on the show

Cookie Monster is one of our favorites!

Carter loved the show!

Dancing to the music

More of our favorites. 
Yes, Elmo's voice is just as high pitched and annoying in person as it is on t.v.!

I'm afraid that after being so attentive during the show that
Carter started to resemble the characters just a little.

Abby Cadabby--Addy's favorite

For those of you wondering if I still own Buddy the Bull, I should let you know that Buddy led a short life in the Schum household.  The very night that I brought him home my sister, Ashley, rode him like a horse and popped him.  Needless to say, she hasn't lived this down and hears about it every once in a while.  Ashley--you didn't think I'd let you off the hook by not mentioning your roll in this story...did you? :)