Picture this...
We are sitting in the front row in a room full of about 30 people who have tickets to meet and greet with 2 Sesame Street characters. We don't know who they are going to be but we are told they are on there way in. Sawyer says to me, "Elmo's coming?" And I say, "I am not sure buddy, but I hope so!" He was so excited and anxious. Next thing you know in walks Elmo and Cookie Monster (Sawyer's 2 favorite characters)! Everyone in the room gasps and screams with excitement.
Now here is the part where you expect Sawyer to be full of joy and excitement to meet his 2 favorite characters, right? Well, that is not quite what happened. Sawyer immediately starts screaming in fear and buries his head into my chest. He screams "I go bye bye, I go bye bye!!" I took him into the hall and tried to calm him down with no success. He just was not going to participate in what we thought would be the coolest thing he had ever done. HUGE BUMMER. So we took a picture with them and here it is...
Not quite what we were hoping for!! A nice Sprint Center worker saw how upset he was and let us ride up the employee elevator with her. She gave him snacks and coloring pages to try to cheer him up. It was so nice! It must have worked because he was fine once we got to our seats and once the show started he got to "meet and greet" with almost every character at one point or another during the show. They each came up and shook his hand, high fived him, and even took his Ernie doll up on stage for part of the show (they gave it back). He even went out on the floor stage and danced with Honkers.
It was so fun and he LOVED every second of it (well after the first part was over). I really think he was more scared of the reaction of the people in the room than he was of the characters, but it didn't matter at that point. Overall, it ended up being a success and we are so thankful to Aunt Barbara for her generosity and love!!
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