It's Wiggly Party!

Today was the day. The much anticipated Wiggles Concert. But the day got off to a rocky start.

I took Noah to the doctor yesterday and she thought that he might be in the beginning stages of croupe (no fever just a wounded seal cough). We were given a prescription for a steroid and told to run the humidifier and if Noah got worse to start giving him the medicine. Poor kid was a mess when he woke up this morning. Low grade fever and and the wounded seal cough. We were so excited to take him to this concert and the tickets weren't cheap so we didn't want them to go to waste. So we gave him a bath, the steroid, lunch, and a nap. By 3:45 p.m. he was better and well enough to go to the show.

Noah had a ball! He and his friend Josh wore matching Wiggle shirts and definately "fit in" with the rest of the fan base. It's hard to tell if he would have been more into the concert if he had felt 100% but we think he enjoyed himself and was just trying to make sense of everything going on around him. Noah's used to seeing The Wiggles on TV and not live and in person. There were tons of kids, singing, dancing, and even the prices at the merchandise booth were reasonable. At each seat was a Wiggles booklet with stickers and Noah held onto it for the entire show and got mad if we took it away. It was interesting to see all the signs and props that the kids (re. Parents) brought with them. For example, the red Wiggle plays the guitar so one kid made him a homemade guitar and they put it on stage (made the rest of us moms look bad!). Kids brought dog bones for Wags the Dog (they were donated to a shelter) and tons of fake and real roses for Dorothy the Dinosaur (she eats them). We had fun and I know that Noah and his friend Josh had a good time. Dan and I felt like we got our money's worth and it was such a good feeling to see Noah happy to be there. He was also in a great mood when we left and held our hands as we walked through downtown Phoenix to get to the car.

After the show we went with our friends to dinner and the boys had a blast. They ate, they babbled, and then they goofed off afterwards. It was a nice evening and Noah is feeling much better. At one point we were worried because his voice was so hoarse that he could barely whisper. We gave him some juice and within minutes was YELLING at cars as they drove by. Right now he is asleep and wearing his brand new Wiggles "Sailing Around the World" concert tee as a night shir since the smallest child size they had was an extra-small. In addition to the Wiggles sports bottle we also bought Noah a souvenir that combines his two great loves: A Wiggles ball.

Dan's Nightmare

Dan's worst nightmare has come true: Noah broke the remote control. The fancy one in the living room that controls the TV and the DVR. Dan is at a loss because the DVR won't work without the remote control and he is forced to flip between channels using the remote that goes with the VCR (oh the horror). Noah doesn't this realize the magnitude of what he has done but he will in the morning when he realizes that he won't be able to watch The Wiggles. To be fair, we can't be 100% sure that Noah is the one who broke the remote. We've dropped it on the ceramic tile about a hundred times. But we're not going to tell that to the people at Cox Communications when Noah and I take it back to them tomorrow.

Noah likes holding the remote, throwing the remote, and pushing the buttons (takes after his father). To keep him happy and to keep us from having to replace remotes every few weeks, we are planning on ordering Noah the "Weemote." It's a kid-friendly remote control that allows parents to program up to five channels in it at a time. Hopefully it will be worth the $24.95.

In other Noah news, he is doing great. He'll be 19 months this week and is running and talking nonstop. Last week he spent the a long weekend with grandma and grandpa while we went to Atlanta for a wedding. He had a blast, got a new pair of sandals for summer, went to McDonald's, and the railroad park. Grandpa even took Noah to his preschool class Passover Seder. From what we were told afterwards, Noah had fun, but he had more fun running around the building and pushing the buttons on the elevator. We had a nice Passover and Noah particularly liked the Charoset and matzah. He'll eat the matzah if it is served with something else (thus masking the taste).

He's just a happy-go-lucky kid. Dan and I went house hunting this weekend and Noah and my parents came to see a house we think we like. Noah was a riot. He ran all over the house, played hide and seek with the closets, and just had a good time. Needless to say he liked the house a lot given how at home he made himself. Then again, we could give him a cardboard box and could entertain himself.

If Noah is a rockin'. . . .

We went shopping at Arizona Mills this evening (HUGE outlet mall) and took Noah to Johnny Rocket's for dinner. There was a nickel jukebox on the table so Dan and I were playing some of our favorite tunes. Towards the end of the meal Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gee's came on and the restaurant turned up the volume so the staff could dance to it. Noah sat in his chair and was bopping his head his back and forth like he was their back-up dancer. Noah grinned, clapped his little hands and yelled "yeah!" He was so cute that when the song enged the manger cam over and told us how much they enjoyed watching him while they danced.

On the way home Dan and I decided that since we had bought Noah a basketball and a stuffed moneky that we could listen to what we wanted on the radio (i.e. no Wiggles). It was almost 9pm and Noah rocked out to every song. Night Fever (also by the Bee Gee's) came on and there he was in his car seat, bopping his head back and forth with a silly grin on his face. It was so funny watching him.