The Fresh Beat Band!

On Thursday, August 30th, these cutest little ladies went to their first concert!

The Fresh Beat Band came to The Toledo Zoo for a live performance in the amphitheater.  So fun!!!

Casey and I coincidentally heard about this concert on the same day back in April and immediately text each other with the same idea:  let's take the girls!!  So it became a plan as well as a birthday present for all three and we purchased tickets right away.  They'd only been selling for a short time and we were only able to get second to last row seats on the far right corner.  I almost didn't buy them until the customer behind me in line at the zoo's ticket counter said there are really no bad seats in the house.  So I took his word and bought them and it really was a great show and experience, even from a distance.  We could see the stage no problem and it didn't seem that far away.

Before the show, Casey and I got in line to check out t-shirts for our little groupies.  But when I saw that they were $25, I turned right around.  I was highly impressed with Sophie for acting so mature given her tantrum-filled age, after seeing her cousins both get one.  But I promised we'd do something special after the show instead.

Love how cute these two look waiting at the counter for the sales person to help us.

I don't think Soph really grasped what we were doing here or what we were about to see.  But boy did they hold her attention and awe when the Fresh Beat Band members came out singing!!  After each song, she'd ask me "are the Fresh Beat done singing their song?"  And I'd keep telling her "they're done singing that song, but they're going to sing a bunch more!"  P.S. - all the pictures from this night are from my iPhone.

Look at this crowd!  Thankfully, the immense heat of the day really didn't feel too bad this evening.  And it cooled as the time passed. 

The girls stood and danced and waved their arms.  :) 

Sometimes I have to pinch myself to believe that my sister and I were lucky enough to have these three beautiful girls just six weeks apart.  How lucky for them!  And how blessed are we?!?! 

A cool off break with some lemon ice. 

Entranced. 

P.S. - that's marker on her elbow.  Naturally. 

Dancing in the aisle. 

Such a fun date night with my girl before preschool begins for these ladies next week! 

Our "special treat" after the show was a stop at the Dairy Depot on Route 2 for some strawberry cheesecake ice cream.  Yum!  She was thoroughly satisfied with this.  :) 

Love you, baby girl!!!