It’s the Wiggles!!
We’ve been wondering what the magic button is to make Maria tick and today we figured it out. It’s the Wiggles! We went to see them today and although Maria started out being a little tired and a little fussy, as the show went on, she really came alive!
She actually stood for most of the concert, which was about 2 hours long. She was very active, didn’t want to sit or lay down. She actually watched what was going on; Sue even saw her tracking some of the action. One time they turned off all the lights, then shined a light on the disco ball so it looked like stars were spinning around the room. Maria looked like she was in a magical kingdom–she was looking around and smiling. Sue & I have never seen her so excited, smiling, full of energy; and for so long. I tell you, it almost made me cry.
We were in the accessible seating, which was on the top floor, same level that you walk in on. We were looking right down onto the stage. We had our own little section, it felt like we were in private box seats. That might have been part of it, the nice location; not quite so crazy as being in the middle of the audience.
Sue got Maria some cotton candy and gave her quite a bit, so maybe she was just trippin on sugar, but whatever it was, Wow!
It’s really funny because Maria hardly even reacted at all to the Doodlebops; in fact she fell asleep right before intermission. Maybe she’s too old for them? Anyway, I went out and bought a Wiggles DVD after the concert (I was going to get her one at the concert, but holy moly, the line was long for merchandise purchases!). Amazing!