The Fresh Beat Band in concert

James has been a huge fan of The Fresh Beat Band (a fun little show on NickJr.) since he was first able to watch TV.  Before he could talk, he asked to watch the show by wiggling his little hips and pointing at the TV.  Once his speech started to develop, he asked for the show by requesting "the dance show".  And, of course now he knows the actually name of the show as well as the names of the 4 main characters.  He has also assigned each of our family members to a character.

When we saw that FBB was going on tour, and would be in DFW, we knew we had to get James tickets.  So, we did.  They were an early birthday present for our growing too fast little boy.

The night before the show, Dave and I stayed up late making t-shirts for each of us.  We based the t-shirt design on James' assignment of characters.  James' shirt had a picture of Twist on the front, and his catch phrase. "Sweet!" on the back.  Audrey had Kiki and "Kickin'!", I had Marina and "Hip hop and pop!", and Dave had Shout and "Cool Beans!".

We didn't tell James anything about going to the concert until the day of. He was excited, but I don't think he fully understood what we were doing until we got to the Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie.

When the show started, James cheered and cheered.  It was so sweet seeing him so excited!  Audrey was terrified by all the noise and hid behind me in my seat.  She was quickly intrigued, and slowly started peering out from behind me.  Eventually, she was clapping and dancing.  James sat on the edge of his seat,and mostly just stared and smiled.  He danced every once in a while, but his joy seemed to paralyze him into a trance for the most part.

It truly was a great day!