Sesame Street-ready: Ernie t-shirt, Ernie socks and Elmo denim shorts
We setoff to Downtown East a little earlier to walk around and checking out the merchandise. Instead of selling Sesame Street character t-shirts, there were plenty of Barney items. In the end, Mama bought quite a number of Barney t-shirts for her! The whole of Downtown East was decorated with Sesame Street characters boards and somehow, Gwendolyn seemed to know what amazing thing is going to happen (however, Mama thinks that she has mistaken it with the "Meet and Greet" session that she's been going for this month, with the hope to take photos and touch the characters)!
Taken outside D'Marquee before the show
When we finally enter D'Marquee, where the show is to be shown, we were all surprised to see so many empty seats, as compared to Barney LIVE Show last year. Basically, more than half of the hall was empty and we're seated at a strategic position along the aisle, not too far from the stage. When the show finally started, Gwendolyn was so excited to see Ernie, her favourite character! She kept asking to touch Ernie, but Mama was a little skeptical and didn't want to give her a definite answer. However, when Mama spotted that some characters were actually coming down to the first row to shake hands with the kids, she quickly carried Gwen to the front and GREAT! Gwen managed to shake hands with BERT! That has really brought a BIG SMILE on her face...from then onwards, Mama was diligently spotting the movement of the characters, rather than concentrating on the show, just in case, her favourite characters come down again! Finally, the chance came and Ernie was coming down...Mama dashed towards the front with Gwen, that's how our strategic seat came in handy, and managed to have a very long handshake between the two! Funny enough, Ernie spotted Gwen's Ernie t-shirt and stopped there to point at himself and her t-shirt for a while, with a smile, implying that's him! Gwen took the chance to grab Ernie's nose and achieved her mission in "touching" Ernie! She was all smily after we have returned to our seat. Subsequently, she shook hands with Elmo and another muppet, but not sure what her name is (???), anyways...the show was longer than the Barney Show and lasted for more than an hour, excluding the intermission. After that, Gwen was very tired and once she hit the car, she fell asleep straight away!
