The Live Show - A Review

The 1st show expierience was almost successful. Here is why....

When we arrived there, Jack had this cute little smile on his face. He saw that there were a lot of kids his age, all wearing Thomas shirts. He knew what he was getting into.
When the show started, the actors would ask the kids "Are you ready for some fun?" All the kids responded " YYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Except for Jack.
Our son is not one to really get into the moment. He really takes his Thomas seriously. He was very intent on watching the whole show as if it were Shakespeare.
The cliffhanger before intermission left us wondering if Thomas and Percy would be alright in the coal mine.
The whole intermission, Jack was asking if Thomas was going to be ok. We kept reassuring him that yes, he would be fine. But when the show started again, Jack somehow didn't want to see what would happen to Thomas, or if something scarier was going to happen. So he got scared and didn't want to sit in his seat anymore. Brian had to take him downstairs for a bit and for awhile it was just me watching the show.

When Brian and Jack came back , he still didn't want to sit down so we figured that Jack was over the whole show. As we were leaving, that was when the actors were singing the Thomas theme song, and miracle of all miracles, our son stood in the aisle and clapped.That was all we needed to see and made this whole show worth it. When we came home, he took Thomas and Percy and re-created the whole coal mine adventure under the blankets.

And in case you wanted to know - Thomas and Percy came out just fine from the mine.

The 1st Live Show

Mark this as another milestone for Brian and myself - we are taking Jack to his first live kiddie show today. A Thomas the Tank Engine show nonetheless.
We are at this stage now? Where we take our kids to a live show, and they sing songs, and all the kids will be dancing either on their seats ( which could be bad cause they could just fall if it is one of those seats that you bring the seat down ) or the kids are dancing in the aisles ( which is a fire hazard!!! )

I don't know if Jack is one of those two kids. He may just clap around. Seeing that he is also a bit afraid of the character Diesel 10, he may just hold on to one of us tightly.



I hope that there is not a huge cutout of this character that appears in the show. And if he does make an appearance, I hope it's for good, like Diesel wants to help and share with Thomas.
One thing just came to mind - the souvenir stand. What kind of goodies will be there? And how will our child react? If I know my kid, he may just want to hang out with the souvenir table than see the show.

The Christmas List

Everytime Jack mentions of a toy that he wants, we tell him that he has to write a letter to Santa. I think that momentous occasion will happen this weekend. The list is long , and a bit predictable for anyone who knows Jack.

The List

Thomas the Tank Engine Friends ; Emily, Gordon, Henry, Edward, Jack, Molly, Duncan, Douglas, Arry, Bert, Bertie, Bill, Ben, James, Cranky, Victor, Hiro, Dash, Bash, Ferdinand, Bulstrode, Sir Topham Hatt, Duck, Daisy, Sir Handel, Rheanas, cargo cars, freight cars...etc

Basically all of these guys...only in wooden train form of course.

Listing all these trains just broke my heart. All my little guy wants is just these little trains. Nothing else. Even if he got one or two more new trains, he would be such a content guy. I love him.

Ok , back to the list. He needs sweaters, shirts, pants, socks and underwear. This is what I tell Jack that he needs from Santa.

Anyone know Santa's address? I am a bit embarrased I don't know it.