Choosy kids pick Boogers!

And we are now HUGE Boogers fans.  Let me explain.

The Boogers are a kids rock/punk band.  They mix cool versions of classic kids' songs with originals.  We had never heard of them before we found out they were going to grace the stage of Levitt Pavilion in Arlington, our wonderful FREE outdoor music venue that's 10 minutes from our house.  The summer schedule lasts Memorial Day weekend through Fourth of July weekend.  The concerts are Wednesday through Sunday night, and they cover all types of music.  Wednesdays is kids music.  We had only been to one show two years ago (last summer was just too brutally hot) that showcased dancing dinosaurs.  The show wasn't that great, but Gabriel loved the dinos.

When I looked at this summer's schedule, I saw The Boogers were playing during the week I was already taking off from work.  It was fate!  Plus they were the one band I KNEW Gabriel would get into.  The others were sketchy.  Jav took off early, I packed up a huge picnic dinner, and off we went, despite some pretty threatening looking skies.  We found a good spot, laid out our dinner and got ready to jam.  Ten minutes before the show was supposed to start, the lightening started just to the northeast of the Pavilion.  A few people packed up and headed back to the car.  We put all of our food away, just in case, but decided to stick it out.  It never rained, the weather was wonderfully cool (at least to a Texan in the summertime), and the band was just awesome.

Here are my little rocker boys.  Gabriel begged to go down front where many of the kids were dancing, and finally Jav took him down there.  I was so proud of him for just letting go and having fun like that.  He said before the show that he wasn't sure if he'd dance.  He was afraid people would laugh at him.  I convinced him that it didn't matter - who needs them?  He doesn't even know these people and the important thing is to do what you feel like doing and HAVE FUN.  Boy did he ever!

Our awesome view of the stage.  There's not a bad seat in the house.  What a wonderful venue to have so close.  We should be ashamed of ourselves for not going more often.  It was so neat also to see grandparents, parents and kids all hanging out and having a wonderful time.    Plus have I mentioned The Boogers ROCKED!!!!!!   I just read up on them and discovered the lead singer and band starter, who goes by Krusty Booger, has a PhD in Developmental Psychology.  He finished school and decided to combine his love of punk music with his passion for children's language development.  

This is what the sky looked like about halfway through the show.  I didn't know Jav was going to sneak into the picture and end up looking like Moses.  Ha!

Towards the end of the show, Joel got tired of jumping and started falling down and just laying on the grass for awhile.  Which meant Gabriel could come tickle him.  But make no mistake, he had already out-jumped every single kid there.  If jumping up and down was an Olympic sport, Joel would win the gold medal!

The last number was a cover of Stepping Stone by the Monkees, which is right up my sixties music-loving, hipster-dancing alley.  How can you not absolutely love a band who plays that for their last song?  We had one of the most fun nights of our year so far.  Joel has been refusing to listen to anything but The Boogers in the car since we brought home a CD.  We've already decided to buy him the other one for his birthday.   And we are already ready for the next concert appearance by The Boogers!!!

If you want to listen to their greatness (a clip from Levitt a couple of years ago), click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYRD6-lwN7U