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10.21.2007

The Wiggles

Today we went to go see the Wiggles. They are an Australian kiddie band. They played at the Beacon Theater on the upper west side. We took the A train up there early in the morning for the 10:30AM show.

Sophia used to like watching the Wiggles DVD we bought her but she quickly tired of it and unlike most of her DVDs she never wanted to watch it again. Maybe you'll like them when you get older. But we do play some Wiggles CDs on the radio for you and Sophia. Out of all the kiddie shows, the Wiggles are the least annoying. They actually write some decent songs that we all like to sing along to.

Here they are as they came out on stage. The red one is Murray, the purple one is Jeff, the blue one is Anthony, and the yellow one is Greg or Sam. The original yellow Wiggle has retired so I'm not sure what his name is now. The new one was pretty good.

You did not like the show at the beginning. You were crying because it was so loud and people were screaming. Mommy took you to the back of the theater and walked you around outside.

At first Sophia was also quite tentative. She just sat in my lap. I kept showing her girls who were dancing in the aisle. Then after a few minutes she ran down to dance with them and I never saw her again until the show was over. By this time you were doing better and mommy went down with you to make sure Sophia was okay. She kept inching closer and closer to the stage trying to get a better view.

The Wiggles would come out into the audience and give some special people hugs. They are all quite old now compared to the DVD we watch. You can see Anthony as some grey hair already.

Here's Sophia getting a little bit closer...

They had most of the cast like Henry the octopus and Wags the dog. I'm not sure if these teddy bears are part of the show or if they added them because they were so cute.

All in all you had a good time. Here's some video of the show and Sophia dancing.

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