Our Awesome Family Adventures: Sesame Street

SESAME STREET

"Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet

Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street

Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet

Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street...."

Growing up Dave and I were all to familiar with the Sesame Street song, as the show dominated children's television viewing on PBS. Now it strives to compete with all the new shows such as Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob Squarepants, and now Connor's new favorite show, FanBoy and ChumChum. However, when I found out that the USO was giving away tickets to see Sesame Street perform... I got THREE tickets! We were all excited to see the muppets!

Grown up or not, so many of Jim Henson's Muppet characters will forever be a part of my personal development. Nearly everything I ever needed to know about life, I learned on Sesame Street and the people in "my neighborhood" or life. Consider the invaluable interpersonal skills. And the world's best songs, right? "Rubber Ducky"? "Put Down the Ducky"? The "Mnom-a-Nom" Song?

Remember "It Ain't Easy Being Green"? Kermit the Frog helped us to appreciate being different, even if in an oddball, nerdy, sometimes misunderstood, yet likeable way. Big Bird and Snuffleupagus taught us about friendship despite differences, and eventually how to overcome shyness. Was it years before anyone but Big Bird knew Snuffy existed, or did it just seem like it? Maybe it was just a couple of seasons.

Ernie and Bert taught us how to cope with sharing a room with other siblings, and respect for other people's feelings and property; and that was no easy feat for most of us, unless you were the younger sibling...which neither Dave or I were. Lessons like that really came in handy whilst in the military. :)

Oscar taught us that it's okay, even fun, to be a grouch and collect junk. (So it's really unfair for us to blame our grandmothers for our packrat tendencies.) Grover's restaurant skits taught us table manners, attention to detailed, and to watch out for flies in the soup. The Count, well, he taught us to count - in Spanish, no less. Cookie Monster taught us good manners, the value of saying "Please" and "Thank You", even though he wasted a lot of perfectly good cookies over the years. Good old Guy Smiley was always smiling. And Roosevelt Franklin taught us that school was cool. This might be why I have a passion for learning and now an information addict.

It was great to see some of those silly muppets perform. We all enjoyed the show and Sesame Street done a great job performing to the military families. They touched on emotions and how to deal with them when someone you love leaves. Since many military families deal with relocating and deployments, this was an ideal show for military children.

Other things that happened throughout the show. ^^^ Dave tried to rob me! ^^^ I reminded him that it was a moot point if it was coming from his wallet. "Oh yeah" :)

So Connor sported the bandana for about 2 minutes. He was busy.........

PLAYING!!! Give a kid a new toy and they are entertained for hours... thanks Sesame Street!

The funniest shot of the evening!! LOL You can't really tell but Connor was watching his toy spin, which made his eyes cross!

This was candid shot of Connor and I before the show. My hair was a mess because we biked there...but OH WELL! :) Connor had a great time seeing his favorite muppet... ELMO!