Big concert night with Beck and more

Two years ago, Leo saw his first "real" concert when we took him to Beck at the Greek theater in Berkeley.  Beck came back to California with two other bands that we like, so we took both kids last night to a big rock concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre.  This was Serafina's first "real" concert.  The kids were there once before for a Forth of July show but they were too little to remember. 

 In addition to the three bands we wanted to see, there was an opening act that was not good and very loud.  Serafina was definitely worried about how the rest of the night would go after hearing the first band.

 Fortunately, they had a pretty short set and we mostly walked around the venue instead of listening to the band.  The first band on the triple bill was Spoon.  They were great.

Next up was Cage the Elephant.  My kids are fans of their songs and the lead singer was very high energy.  He came out into the crowd several times which was fun. 

It was during this band that we learned that in addition to not liking loud noises, Serafina does not like pyrotechnics.  The fire on stage made her very nervous.  

I promised her that Beck would be fire-free.  But she realized how late is was and how much more show still left to see.  She was already tired and she wasn't sure if she would make it.

Beck was great and she really enjoyed the first couple songs.

But then she sat down and she faded.  And then she managed to lay down and that was the end of her concert watching.  She didn't complain, cry or insist we go home.  She just curled up in the seats and went to sleep.

We really appreicated what a trooper she was because even though we thought we might leave early, we didn't want to miss any of the show so we didn't.

Both kids were awesome and it was a fun, tiring night.