Yesterday, we took Anya to the Seattle Symphony (Tiny Tots performance) for her first cultural experience. It was a fun excuse to put her in a dress, something we never do since she climbs and runs around so much; it's impractical.
As expected, she ran around and played with all the cool music-related toys/activities before the start of the show, often weaving through the crowds and being rather difficult to catch up with.
And as predicted by Grandma L., she tried to rush the stage a little after we were seated in the auditorium. Fortunately, that idea was quickly thwarted by dad. Once the show started, Anya was quiet and took it all in: the performance, the clapping, all the parents/grandparents and kids in the audience, lights, etc. We're pretty sure she didn't quite know what to make of it all. And then after about 20 minutes, she was ready to run around some more and did so with Chris and other willing child participants.
All in all, a pretty good time and something we'll do again for sure. I think she'll get the most out of it in about a year or two, though, when she'll (hopefully) focus more on the performance than running. It'll be really cool when we can take her to the Nutcracker for the first time in a few (or more) years too. Fun stuff.
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