Jonas Brothers Rule

carter’s reaction to the news she was going to the Jonas Brother’s concert

Carter and I had to rush home from Maine because today was the big day she was waiting for – The Jonas Brother’s concert!  In April I jumped off the high diving board and bought Carter and her friend Ellis meet and greet tickets for their first boy band love.  I did not tell Carter right away, but surprised her and told her via Skype while I was in Mexico.  I knew she would be happy so I photographed her reaction.  I had no idea she would break down and sob uncontrollably.

This year has been boy band hell for me.  First Carter and I went to Justin Beiber with her friend Ashley and her mom Ellie, and then we had the One Direction concert with twelve other girls and two other moms.  At each concert I learned more and more tricks about how I could get out of going to these shows.

First, at Justin Beiber I learned there were parent waiting rooms.  I wish I had known this before I bought myself expensive tickets.  I would have paid to not sit in that stadium of screaming girls.  By One Direction I learned about box seats so I could needlepoint at the concert.  I was more or less just the transportation provider for that show.

By the time Jonas came around I had learned that some lucky people get to go to the sound check and a meet and greet with the band.  Well, not just lucky, but people who are willing to pay for this.  I was willing to pay for this as long as I did not have to go, just be the transportation.  Thank goodness these events attract nothing but a lot of screaming girls so I felt safe letting Carter and Ellis go without me.

Without me is not exactly the case.  At noon I picked the girls up and drove them to Raleigh where I had to show a ridiculous amount of identification proving I was the person who bought the tickets.  Then the three of us and Shay Shay in her Jonas Bros. bandana (Yes, I brought the dog) waited in line to get their VIP credentials where I again had to show my ID.  At that point I left the girls, 2:00 PM for a 7:00 PM show.  I think they are going to be exhausted by the time the Brother’s three actually get on stage.

The deal I had with Carter and Ellis is that they needed to text me every hour to keep me posted on what is happening.  So far Carter has texted that she talked with them at sound check and asked them if they had girl friends.  Nick Jonas does not, information for all you girls who have our eye on him.  Carter said it was already the best day of her life and they still had the meet and greet and concert to go.

For me it is a long day too since I am going to have to go back to Raleigh around 10:30 to retrieve the girls after the concert.  I know they are going to be pooped.  Ellis started her day early helping at tennis camp. When she told her four-year-old students she was going to the Jonas Brothers’ concert she was met with blank stares, no four year olds knew who they were.  Ellis recounted her first memory of seeing them on Disney channel singing the song “the Year 3000” while she was eating her apple jacks out of a plastic baby bowl when she was about four.  The love of boy bands starts young and stays strong.    The concert is outside rain or shine and I hope that the rain holds off.  I’m not sure it even if it does rain that it will ruin the day for these two happy girls.