Rock concerts and snow storms

Last week was a big week for our kids.  We had a nice fun snow storm and they attended their first ever rock concert.  Well, for Lennon it was his first ever "outside the womb" rock concert.  Technically he has attended two previous concerts - while in utero.  The most important of which was The White Stripes concert that he so kindly allowed us to go to by being a few days late this past summer.  Thanks Lennon!  Anyway...Mia had school vacation all last week and she had a sleepover scheduled for Thursday night with a friend from church named Gwendolyn.  Well unfortunately for her a big snow storm blew through and we had to cancel the sleepover for fear that the roads just weren't safe enough to make the trip out to Cambridge where Gwen lives.  To make up for it she and I rented a movie- Happily Never After- had some snacks and had our own little sleepover.  Whenever she has sleepovers they like to wear eachothers pajamas so she asked if she could wear mine.  I found a nightshirt that she could wear as a nightgown and she was super excited.  She got to fall asleep in our bed and I went ahead and went to bed at the same time as her so that we could giggle and talk like she would at a real sleepover.  We had a lot of fun and she told me I was her best Mommy.  Saturday morning Shelby and Mia went outside and played in the snow while I stayed in with Lennon.  The snow wasn't that great for building snowmen, so they built snow sculptures instead.  They made a mom, dad, Mia, Lennon and a little kitty with a huge tub.  Mia had a lot of fun, she loves spending time with her Daddy!  Then on Sunday our friend Neal Pollack who wrote Alternadad was in town at an event called Rock n Romp Boston.  There were a couple of bands, like real rock n roll bands, but that had lyrics that were appropriate for all ages - think early Beatles.  Then there was Neal who did a couple readings from his book and another author who read his two childrens books.  It was an interesting event and Mia had a blast.  The band asked if any of the kids wanted to get up on stage and dance and she was the first to take them up on the offer.  Later they gave her a tamborine and she happily played along to the music.  She was very impressed with herself for having gotten to be on stage with a band.  Lennon was lulled to sleep by the intensely loud tunes of the band.  Leave it to the son of Shelby to actually be calmed down by loud rock n roll music.