Sunday we were given the gift of tickets to a wonderful event called "A Time For Heros" in Los Angeles which raises money for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. It was so much fun. It was like a carnival where kids could play games hosted by different celebrities where everyone wins! You play a game...you get a prize. They had a huge slide, story time where celebrities read stories, a place where you could paint on jeans, shirts or "red ruby slippers", They had tons of booths for food and drinks then you just sat down on the grass and had lunch with a bunch of famous people. In the beginning Chad and I would lightly tap each other and nod in a direction, but after a while every where you turned there was someone. Other people were going crazy walking up to people asking for autographs in the autograph book that was handed out at the entrance. We were star struck, but not that crazy. The most important reason Maya was there was for
. . . a Miley Cyrus performance.
Maya played a few games and we walked around. She got to meet Tony Hawk, get an autograph for her boyfriend, Bryson who is a HUGE Tony Hawk fan.
Maya's main thought was to be right in front when Miley performed, so she pretty much stayed by the stage for an hour and a half before to stake her spot! Luckily they had music and games at the stage to play with and to entertain Teagen. Teagen was a hit with all the people around. they loved watching her dance. She's a little character! Maya was even asked to come up on stage to dance because she knew the High School Musical Dance so well, but she got a little stage fright! We got a wee bit lost on the way up, so I wish we would have had more time to walk around and do more.
Learning a dance...waiting for Miley
Then the big moment arrived and I have never seen so many people, women and children alike, go so crazy to be as close as they can. Two very tall teenyboppers crammed their way right in between Maya and I. Maya had waited so long, I wanted her to be able to stay right up against the gate that was between the people and the stage! What a fun experience for Maya. She was in awe the whole time, rockin out to the songs! How this girl knows these songs is amazing! (She naturally has that talent to hear a song and know it!) Miley was awesome, she played 6 or 7 songs. Maya literally was either holding her hand out, just in case Miley could go-go-gadget her arm the 5 or so yards we were away, or waiving at her hoping to get a wave back! We stuck around a bit after the concert to see if she was going to sign autographs, but the security guard told us she wasn't coming back out so we headed out.
This is how close Maya was to the stage.
The walk way went all they way behind Maya's right shoulder .
The camera on no zoom
Maya liked her microphone stand!
Maya's arm stretched out
Maya watching Miley
Maya singing
You can see Maya trying to waive at her!!
Sorry about the scratchy noise, we were close and it was LOUD!
As we were leaving we saw these two girls who are on the Suite Life of Zack & Cody on Disney. Maya recognized them immediately. They have cute accents!
It was a fun day, a dream come true for Maya! Chad and I realized how fun it was to just watch Maya and see her in total amazement. Thanks, Brian, again for the tickets. We really can't ever thank you enough!! You can tell by the last pictures, the kids played hard! Especially since both of them took naps on the way there!
Sleepy heads!!
