the very hungry caterpillar

lately, i've realized that isaiah had been having a bit of a hard time with this new transition of playing the eldest brother to two younger siblings. he's had less one on one time with me and has been more whiny, and wound up trying to get my attention. so, i decided to take my little man on a mother/son date. i checked him out of school, and we drove to downtown madison.

one of isaiah's first books was "the very hungry caterpillar." as a baby, he loved having that book read to him. it was the most requested by far...and he was devastated when his board book of the hungry caterpillar was eaten up a few years later by makayah (who could care less for fine literature). we've since replaced the eaten book so samiyah could enjoy the story as well.

anyway, isaiah and i got to chit chat on the drive over. we held hands on the sunshiney walk over to the overture where i presented my tickets to the live play of "the very hungry caterpillar." just a side note, eric carle just so happens to be my favorite author. we were obviously both super excited. the awesome thing about this "play," it was all done in black light. the lights dimmed, the black lights came on, and the stage glowed with this super cool glowing puppetry. it was amazing. we saw "little cloud," "the mixed up chameleon," and "the very hungry caterpillar."

we had a lovely time ooohing and aahhhing, and cuddling and smiling. it was a much needed date. :) i hope that we can keep this up. i don't ever want to get too busy to have one on one dates with my babies.