broadway

on june 23 we headed to the fox theater to see thomas LIVE! hayden was quite excited, of course. and we went because we love him. i put my camera in my backpack and once we reached the doors we read a sign that said "no cameras allowed." dave said he would run the camera back to the car but i told him not to worry about it. they don't pat you down for concerts, why would they at thomas?! besides, i just wanted a couple of pictures of him in the fox theater. nothing too major that would give the plot away to those who hadn't seen the show yet. we get closer to the front and see that they actually are going through purses and bags. i was wrong. but i certainly am glad security was so tight at this thomas show. it really could have gotten out of control. i hadn't seen a crowd that was so prone to moshing since 1994.
so dave puts the camera back and hayden and i wait in line to buy the must have trinket for the show. this time around it was thomas on a stick that lit up. for $12. the boy in front of us was told he was getting a light from mommy and a hat from grandma. hayden overheard this and decided he must also have a hat. hayden comes close to refusing to wear hats most of the time. and when i saw that this hat was $20, it was a definite no. we are still in line when dave gets back in. we finally get our light and head up to our seats. when we walk in i notice there aren't a whole lot of people in our section. and it's pretty close to show time. we sit down in our seats and about 2 minutes later someone comes and tells us we can move down to any of the seats one level lower since it was such a small crowd. bonus. sure am glad i didn't buy the next high up ticket. i tried taking a picture of hayden with dave's camera phone, but it didn't come out. so i have no bootleg pictures for you. just a couple that kinda proves we were there. or at least in the area.
we got some cotton candy, which hayden manages to get all over his face and hands. dave tried to make the event more enjoyable by texting people to let them know what we were up to. we hate musicals. and a kids musical?! well, that must be about 500 times worse. but we made it through. at least kids musicals aren't as long as adult musicals! thomas actually did end up saving the day.
after the show we quickly made our exit and headed next door to get something to eat at johnny rockets. dave's peanut butter cup shake was delicious. hayden managed to eat all the bites of hot dog we requested of him, and then managed to keep them in his mouth from detroit to just about novi. every time he was open his mouth, the car would fill with the smell of hot dog that's been sitting in someones mouth for a ridiculous amount of time. it was disgusting. he finally got it down and we made it to grandma's to pick up talan. a fun time was had by.....well, by hayden.


see. we were there:
hayden on the way home with his $12 thomas light and the johnny rockets hot dog still in his mouth: