Dancing Feet

We attended a Carole Peterson Macaroni Soup concert on Thursday night at a nearby high school. Carole Peterson has been the Pied Piper of children's music in Chicago for the past 15 years. Her concerts have everyone singing, jumping and wiggling...and smiling 'til it hurts! Her clean sound and slower tempos, easily understood by even the smallest child, encourage everyone to sing and dance along.

It was an evening of silly fun that we got to share with Dawson and Kellie on their Forever Family Day!

I love to watch Grace as she listens and participates with the performers. It is fun to sing and dance with her, but it is incredible to just sit back and watch how she listens and plays along. And, tonight she did a great job. Grace was so excited to be going to see a "show" and even agreed to go out on the deck so I could snap a quick photo.When we got there she wanted to run around the gym with the other kids but then was a little nervous when Carole made an announcement on the microphone. Grace told me later that it "was really loud" and I guess that's true. We were sitting right up front by the speakers!She also didn't want to give the puppet a "high five"!But before long Grace and Dawson were clapping, waving their arms, dancing, and singing along with all the other kids.We even got to have a "snowball fight" with those puffs you use in the shower. What a clever idea!