I really got Nolan pumped up to see Suessical The Musical. Our first introduction to a musical was the Nipomo High School production of Beauty and The Beast and he was enthralled. Since then we've been itching to find another affordable and appropriate show .... not an easy feat for someone who is not yet 3 years old. Then we see a poster for Seussical The Musical. It could not have been any more perfect. The kid dressed up as The Cat In The Hat for Halloween for pete's sake!
So Nolan is all decked out in his Halloween Costume .. hat, whiskers and all! He is ready to see this show. Every 10 minutes or so he says to me, "Mommy, I am so excited." We drive to San Luis Obispo and stand in a very long line and when we get to the ticket counter the dreaded words come, "I'm sorry, we're all sold out." Not only were they sold out but they were oversold so we couldn't even cling to the hope that someone wouldn't show up for their will call tickets.
So I begin to explain to my little cat in the hat that we are not going to be able to go to the show. The mouth quiver begins, the head goes bag and then the wail comes out full throttle. I felt like such an ass standing in front of that huge line of people picking up their reserved tickets. Who get's their kid that excited for a show, dresses them up and then doesn't have tickets reserved!?
He looked so pitiful standing there with tears streaming down his face, smearing his whiskers. So pitiful, in fact, that an amazingly wonderful woman came up to us and gave her one of her tickets. She offered to sit her son on her lap so she would only need one ticket and we could do the same. Amazing stranger lady saved the day! It was an amazing show, as you can see from the smile on his face.
Gertrude, the one feathered bird, and Nolan
Nolan and the Momma Kangaroo (from Horton Hears A Who)
The Two Cat In the Hats and Horton the Elephant.
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