Bumbershoot

While we were in Seattle, Emily also had a chance to visit her first music festival.  We had purchased ear muffs earlier this year so we could take her to music events while keeping her ears safe, but the last time we tried to use them we had little success.  She didn't want anything to do with them... probably because she could barely hold her head up on her own (with or without the ear muffs).  But as you will see below, she has learned to tolerate them quite well.  Below are some of our last pics from Seattle that include our trip to Bumbershoot.  

Jamie reading the newspaper to Ike...

Emily and Ike sporting matching muffs... pink for girls, blue for boys of course.

We saw several shows on this sound stage... a few of the musicians came in for a short set that they broadcast live from the festival.  It was very cool to see.  

  

Here's a closer shot of Emily in her cool ear muffs.  They definitely attracted attention.  We had many people ask to take her photo while we were there.  It would be pretty funny to come across her picture somewhere later... let me know if you find one.

Here's the "arts" part of the art and music festival.  These four people would shimmy up the poles and strap themselves in... then they had this dance/show that they put on to music.  They would sway back and forth and interact with each other.  It was cool to see.

It appeared to be quite a workout.  I can't imagine what kind of core muscles they must have had to be able to control themselves on the poles.  

Wouldn't you know that Andrew would find a game of Guitar Hero to play while he was there.  One of the radio stations had a booth where they were letting people battle at Guitar Hero.  When Andrew first stepped up to play against someone, the guy running the booth asked Andrew if he wanted to play on Medium... Andrew said "No, expert's fine...".  He then proceeded to kick some college kids butt... it was pretty funny.  He went back later to play again and the guy running the booth remembered him.  I guess they didn't see too many 30 something Guitar Hero Gods that day.

Danielle feeding a sleepy cuddly Ike.