The day before the show, I think he started to get a little nervous and at one point even told me he just wanted to go to Devin and Jana's with Caroline. But by the day of the concert, he was back to being ready to "rock out". We loaded up in the car, he watched a movie on Chad's ipod, we ate McDonald's cheeseburgers for dinner, and made our way to Dallas. Every so often I'd look back at our big Jackson and he'd give me a huge grin. He was excited and so was I.
We got to the venue and it was swarming with cars and people. Parking was a nightmare (it took about an hour). We did finally find a spot and we hustled to get in because we could hear Dave already playing. Jackson needed a potty break as soon as we got in and that gave us a minute to meet up with Uncle Cody who was there with some of his friends. We visited just a minute then went to find a spot on the lawn with the frat kids and wannabe hippies. After walking over hundreds of blankets, legs and empty bottles and cans, we found a spot to call our own. Chad hoisted Jackson onto his shoulders and we rocked out.
Jackson was a little overwhelmed by all the people. He sat up there, eyes wide, looking all around him. I'm sure he was wondering just what in the world we'd gotten him into. He went up and down several times, coming down to have a snack of gummy bears and hot tamales, then back up on Chad's shoulders for a better view. Toward the end he was getting sleepy and a couple of times said, "I think it's time to go now". He rested on our blanket for a while then regained some energy with a $4 bottle of water.
We made our way off the lawn just as the encore was starting and found some fabulous t-shirts for everyone. Just imagine 2T and 4T DMB shirts. CUTE!
It was so great to share this experience with Jackson. When it was over and we were making our way back to the car I asked if he wanted to come to more concerts and he said, "no". Guess we'll maybe wait a little longer before we take him again. But I do think he'll remember this night for a long time.
2 comments:
Love it! Glad you had fun. I think is hillarious he said "no." when you asked him about going to another one! You can hold that against him as a teenager.
What a trooper! I don't know if Stone would have handled it well. The concert was awesome! And yes, parking was a nightmare. Exiting the freeway was horrible! We thought we were just late enough that we'd miss the parking chaos, but not quite. Glad we weren't rained on!
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