Today I felt like I was on an international flight filled with preschoolers and babies. A flight where there was only one parent for every 2+ kids. In typical flight tradition, it was hot and there was hardly any room between seats. I was getting kicked by the kids behind me, and I had to pry my own kids off the seats in front of us on more than one occasion.
Parents all around me had diaper bags chock full of premiere snacks (aka junk food (aka bribe food)) for their kids. The ones who hadn't thought to do this were luckily able to purchase good bribe food. Some parents had thought to bring crayons, paper, books, toys, stickers, you name it to entertain their kids. Others like yours truly felt blessed that they hadn't cleaned out their diaper bags in a while and were able to pull out a bunch of cheap plastic toys.
Parents started out on a happy, enthusiastic note and cheerfully comforted their kids who were tired of sitting still. Within a short period of time, threats were being issued left and right. By the end I felt like an insane person. I was hot, tired and I felt like...well...I was on an international flight with little kids. Except I wasn't. I was at a free Bare Naked Ladies concert in Barnes and Noble.
Yes, you did read that right! BNL was promoting their new CD Snacktime. I have always imagined going to a BNL concert, although I never pictured two little kids hanging on me. I have to admit at first I thought this was some weird MA thing, I mean a concert in a bookstore, but it's actually a national tour. And it turned out to be totally worth it. I had a great time, and the boys really enjoyed themselves. In fact my younger son (YS) enjoyed himself so much that I had a flashback to a conversation with my aunt where she said YS had the personality of a golden retriever and would be one of those kids who is always up for a party. Watching YS quickly get into the groove and start clapping to the beat, caused me to make a mental note to remember to order some of the Say No pamphlets that are always advertised on TV. I'm kidding, he's just shy of two...but on the other hand he was really into it and I could picture him in his teenage years swaying back and forth with a lighter....
The concert was for 30 minutes. In addition to singing songs off their new album, they sang one of my favorite workout song, Another Postcard, and One Week. We even got to meet them after the show.
A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Bare Naked Ladies are definitely appropriate for small children.Labels: Humor (at least Attempted), Outings and Playgroups |
:) I love that "serious" groups are doing children's music more.