For Sophia's 2nd Birthday I had gotten 5 theater tickets to a children's theater in Snohomish that was supposed to offer singing and dancing in the seats, aisle and stage. With the tickets came a DVD and a CD. We invited Leo to come with us and he happily met us at the Theater.
The theater was doing a Christmas production of Tim Noah's Thumbnail Theater and had a showing on Sophia's birthday in the morning. So perfect we went into the renovated church to find the stage still decked out with Christmas decorations, a giant oversized chair, and fun chairs hanging all over the walls. Because we were early to the play it gave Sophia and Padon a chance to walk around the stage and get really excited (there were Nutcrackers everywhere). As the seats filled up it came time for us to sit down and Sophia just lost her s**t. In a no bones temper tantrum, screaming and crying, I had to carry her to the back of the theater and sing the Christmas songs with her that Tim Noah was singing to calm her down. At about three points in the play the children were invited up on stage and every time I would let her go to run down the aisle and climb up on stage. She and Padon were really excited to do this but then would stand there with a stage fright stance, mostly just excited to be on stage. The show hosts let me go up with Padon and Sophia, since they were relatively young, and I danced with them and danced them like marrionetts on stage. But everytime it came time for the kids to leave the stage Sophia would collapse in another no bones temper tantrum. Again I would whisk her off stage and back to the back of the room. It was kind of embarrassing but I was struggling with the fact that she was crying because she was having such a good time that she didn't want to stop.
Finally at the very end, and about to walk out because Sophia had, had enough of being frustrated and not able to do what she wanted in the theater, I told one of the stage hands that we were going to step out. I had alerted the staff that we were there for Sophia's 2nd Birthday and that today was her birthday, in hope that they could do something special, but it was looking like it wasn't going to be possible and Sophia was at the end of her teather. The stage hand was able to grab Tim Noah and Cyndi Lou (?)'s attention, and they had Sophia and Padon come up on stage. They announced that it was Sophia's 2nd birthday and they sang her a rendition of Happy Birthday. It was a sweet ending that came just in time. I was tense that the whole process hadn't gone more smoothly, albeit excited that Sophia and Padon had gotten to sing and dance in the aisles and on stage. Padon had been thrilled to learn that Tim Noah also knew Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
After the play we went to lunch at a local resturant. Sadly they sat us in one of the quietest rooms, of this old house turned resturant, with only one other table of people (with not small children) and it made Padon and Sophia seem extra loud and obnoxious. Leo seemed to just watch in awe with his under-the-breath "Okay..." muttered from time to time. We managed to eat lunch with Padon exclaiming he wasn't eatting anything, and Sophia spilling her apple juice all over herself and her high-chair tray, and made our way to the car. Leo presented Sophia, at the car, with her birthday present that just about blew her mind. A plush kitten with a felt, pink, crown, inside a pink, kitten carrying, purse. Padon was envious and we tiredly made our way home in time for Nap-time.
I'd like to think that the birthday was successful. I'm happy to have Sophia's birthday party with family and friends in the summer and look forward to what we will do then. I'm not sure yet. Nothing jumps out but we have a lot of time to plan. For now I'm pleased that, through all the tears, Sophia was excited to be at the Children's Theater, and that Padon had such a great time too.
The theater was doing a Christmas production of Tim Noah's Thumbnail Theater and had a showing on Sophia's birthday in the morning. So perfect we went into the renovated church to find the stage still decked out with Christmas decorations, a giant oversized chair, and fun chairs hanging all over the walls. Because we were early to the play it gave Sophia and Padon a chance to walk around the stage and get really excited (there were Nutcrackers everywhere). As the seats filled up it came time for us to sit down and Sophia just lost her s**t. In a no bones temper tantrum, screaming and crying, I had to carry her to the back of the theater and sing the Christmas songs with her that Tim Noah was singing to calm her down. At about three points in the play the children were invited up on stage and every time I would let her go to run down the aisle and climb up on stage. She and Padon were really excited to do this but then would stand there with a stage fright stance, mostly just excited to be on stage. The show hosts let me go up with Padon and Sophia, since they were relatively young, and I danced with them and danced them like marrionetts on stage. But everytime it came time for the kids to leave the stage Sophia would collapse in another no bones temper tantrum. Again I would whisk her off stage and back to the back of the room. It was kind of embarrassing but I was struggling with the fact that she was crying because she was having such a good time that she didn't want to stop.
Finally at the very end, and about to walk out because Sophia had, had enough of being frustrated and not able to do what she wanted in the theater, I told one of the stage hands that we were going to step out. I had alerted the staff that we were there for Sophia's 2nd Birthday and that today was her birthday, in hope that they could do something special, but it was looking like it wasn't going to be possible and Sophia was at the end of her teather. The stage hand was able to grab Tim Noah and Cyndi Lou (?)'s attention, and they had Sophia and Padon come up on stage. They announced that it was Sophia's 2nd birthday and they sang her a rendition of Happy Birthday. It was a sweet ending that came just in time. I was tense that the whole process hadn't gone more smoothly, albeit excited that Sophia and Padon had gotten to sing and dance in the aisles and on stage. Padon had been thrilled to learn that Tim Noah also knew Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
After the play we went to lunch at a local resturant. Sadly they sat us in one of the quietest rooms, of this old house turned resturant, with only one other table of people (with not small children) and it made Padon and Sophia seem extra loud and obnoxious. Leo seemed to just watch in awe with his under-the-breath "Okay..." muttered from time to time. We managed to eat lunch with Padon exclaiming he wasn't eatting anything, and Sophia spilling her apple juice all over herself and her high-chair tray, and made our way to the car. Leo presented Sophia, at the car, with her birthday present that just about blew her mind. A plush kitten with a felt, pink, crown, inside a pink, kitten carrying, purse. Padon was envious and we tiredly made our way home in time for Nap-time.
I'd like to think that the birthday was successful. I'm happy to have Sophia's birthday party with family and friends in the summer and look forward to what we will do then. I'm not sure yet. Nothing jumps out but we have a lot of time to plan. For now I'm pleased that, through all the tears, Sophia was excited to be at the Children's Theater, and that Padon had such a great time too.
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