Birthdays and Soccer, and Concerts - Oh, My!

I'm coming up from beneath the piles of black and orange, and green and purple tulle to check in with my peeps.

Aside from the Halloween costume making - it's been a fun few weeks.

On the 17th, Hubby and I took Bookworm and a friend to the RSL v. Sporting KC game, followed by the One Republic post game concert.  The tickets were a present for his birthday back in June (the concert was originally supposed to take place after a June match, but the band had to reschedule).  The little punks wouldn't let me take any pictures for posterity's sake.  The bums.  But it was a great night.  Mainly because we kicked trash.  But the concert was good too.  I'm not a die-hard fan by any means,  I mean I probably wouldn't pay to go see them if they were touring, but they sounded great live.  And I do enjoy their songs.

I'm pretty particular with my kids and their activities, and I'm very over just the right amount of protective, in public settings.  Especially when there's a lot of public around.  This was Bookworm's first concert.  Following the game, fans were allowed to come down onto the field for the concert.  All fans had to enter through the north gate.  Since our seats were near the south goal, you can imagine that it took us FOREVER to make it to the other end and down to the grass.  The kids were bummed that we had so many people who got there before us.  I pulled up my big-girl, mama bear panties and told the boys that if they promised to stay together, and then wait for us at the big KFC sign after it was over, they could worm their way through the crowd and try to get closer to the stage.  After the show, I  frantically calmly made my way over to the big KFC sign.  The grin on my son's face made my night, and he said "that was incredible!"  Apparently they made it right up to the stage and had a perfect view.

We won't talk about the next two RSL games.  We just won't.

Today is my sweet, beautiful Cowgirl's birthday.  Her gift was surprise tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert 2 nights ago.  Her first concert ever.  Pixie was also included in the fun, and her ticket is an early gift for her upcoming birthday.  So the three of us, along with my dear friend Kimberly had a fun night rocking out to Taylor Swift.  I think she has some great songs, but the thrill for me was watching me girls excitement for their first concert.  We had high seats, that weren't the best, as you'll see by the video, but it didn't stop them from singing along to every song and having a magical night!  I couldn't help but break away from the action on the stage a couple of times, to take some video of my cuties performing themselves!

It's been a fun month of family time, and I just thought I'd take a break from costuming to share with y'all!