A Night Out with a BIG Purple Dinosaur!

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Two weeks ago we took the kids to the Barney Live Concert for Barney's Birthday Bash! Reid has absolutely LOVED Barney since he was a baby and still watches Barney almost every day. He knows all the songs and dances and even the words to a lot of the Barney movies we have! I'm a pretty big fan of the big purple guy myself. Kassidy always watched Barney when he was little so I know all the songs and dances just like Reid does. Barney is very educational and teaches great life lessons, so I was thrilled when I found out he was coming to OKC! I got a special promotional code from a friend to order tickets early and even bought meet & greet VIP passes for the kids could meet Barney. Reid does NOT like Santa this year so I was kind of worried that the Barney meet & greet would be a bust. Weeks before the show I would always ask Reid, "who are we going to see in two weeks?" and he would say, "BARNEY!!!" I think I was just as excited about Barney as he was. Wow...it used to be Britney, not it's Barney - yep, kids will change you! 

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We were escorted to a room with only about six other kids and their parents so the meet & greet was a really intimate setting. We were sitting in the chairs at the end so when Barney walked in he walked right towards us and held out his arms. Reid immediately got up and went and hugged him. It was the most precious moment EVER!!! I even got a little emotional! It was like Reid was getting to meet someone that he had known for so long, but had never met in person. 

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Seeing Barney for the first time! LilliAnn was waving "Hi!"

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Reid's face when Barney first walked in the door. He was still a little unsure about the whole thing!

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We got to meet Riff too!

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Reid was all business! Such a serious face!

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Saying "bye" to Barney and Riff so they could get ready for the show!

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 We bought all the souvenirs...t-shirt, stuffed Barney, light stick...

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Ready for the show!

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And we got blue cotton candy...

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Daddy & Sissy waiting for Barney!

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 We had front row seats so our view was GREAT!!!

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Reid got his groove on the entire show! He danced and sang to every song and was really showing off!

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At one point in the show, Riff ran by and gave Reid a high five and said "that's right!" Reid then looked at me and said, "that's right!" He thought he was SOOOOO cool!

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 For the first part of the show LilliAnn was clapping her hands, bouncing up and down, and waving her arms to the music. Towards the end, she got a little fussy and was ready for bed.

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 And of course during intermission we just had to get a balloon!

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 Right before intermission they shot out some confetti and streamers and then sang the "clean up" song. Reid loves to clean up (and vaccum, and rake, and mow, and use Papa's leaf blower and power washer) so he went around and picked up all the confetti and said he was helping Barney pick up! Lol!

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 He loves him some Barney!

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Gettin' down with all the kids on the front row! Barney Mosh Pit!!!

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As we were walking to the car Reid looked up at me and said, "mommy, that was fun fun!" Seeing how happy that two year-old was when he hugged Barney, and seeing his eyes light up when that big purple dinosaur took the stage made me wish he never had to grow up. Santa may have been a bust, but Barney was a HUGE SUCCESS!!!