We took Alex to see another installment of Sesame Street Live today. This time the production was “Elmo’s Coloring Book.”

Last year we took Alex to see the “Out of this World” show which he really enjoyed so we figured he would like this one too, which he did. For the first part of the show he was a little afraid of everything that was going on, especially when the stage lights would shine into the audience. Lately he has been going through a phase where all kinds of stuff scare him that in past really didn’t bother him so we hoped this wouldn’t be too big a shock.

After the first five minutes he said “I want to go home” but I put him in my lap and managed to convince him to try and stay a little longer. He was pretty funny since whenever something happened that would scare him he would put his hands over his eyes but he would always leave these gaping holes between his fingers so he could still see what was occurring on stage.

After the intermission he was really into the show and things went much better. Whenever one of the characters would wave to the audience he would wave back and he started tapping his hands to the beat of the songs.

We were smart this time and before the end actually rolled around we prepared him so we wouldn’t have a repeat incident of the Winnie the Pooh movie.

Overall all it was a very successful show and Alex enjoyed himself.