American Idol Live

On Monday my husband was given some last minute tickets to American Idol Live, the concert tour of the top 10 American Idol finalists. His company has a box at the Staples Center and the tickets were a reward for receiving an outstanding performance review. He called me at 5pm to tell me he had tickets for the 7pm show. Even if we had a regular babysitter, 2 hours probably wouldn't have been enough notice, so we decided to take Baby M to his first big concert. I was a little nervous, but knew that the box had glass walls and a sitting area with a couch and some comfy chairs, so I figured we'd be okay even if Baby M was fussy.

We got downtown just after 7 and parked in a $7 lot that was one block east of the $25 lot (yay us!). I put Baby M in his sling and we walked over to the Staples Center. We got settled in the box and were immediately concerned about the noise. Concerts in the Staples Center are LOUD! I kept Baby M's ears covered the best I could and wished I had thought ahead and brought some earplugs for him. Initially Baby M was a little apprehensive and kept his head buried in my shoulder for the first few performers (or perhaps he was just trying to tune out a terrible set by Ramiele), but by the time Michael Johns rose up out of the floor singing "We Will Rock You" he was having a grand time. He was mesmerized by Carly's version of "Bring Me to Life", bounced along to Brooke's "1234" and munched Cheerios (the only food he'll willingly eat these days) during Jason Castro's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

Halfway through the concert there was an intermission which seemed to be a 20 minute commercial for Guitar Hero, but it gave Baby M a chance to crawl around the box a bit so it worked out. He fell asleep during David Archuleta's performance and amazingly slept through David Cooks' rock heavy set and the full ensemble finale. Even though American Idols Live was probably not the concert we would have chosen to see, I think all 3 of us enjoyed it. If we ever get the box seat tickets again, I wouldn't hesitate to take Baby M along.