This afternoon I took Captain Jelly Belly to see The Wiggles in concert. It’s his first big concert. I’m sure it made a lasting impression although no one was smoking pot next to him, as with my first major concert (The Cure). He liked it just fine although he did ask me, “Mommy, what’s happening now?” about 500 times.

The Wiggles are four men from Australia who have their own TV show where they do “funny” skits and sing songs. They aren’t too annoying so we watch them from time to time. When they sing a song they have four backup dancers, and one of the regular dancers is by far my favourite part of the show. He’s a blond guy (who looks a lot like our friend Jeff, funnily enough) and he is so, so, so totally into his job. He’s there in the background hamming it up to extremes. It’s not enough to jump; he has to leap 3 feet in the air. It’s not enough to clap; he has to use his whole arms, swinging them above his head. He has this patented head-move that I adore where he shakes his head from side to side whenever they are doing a hopping/spinning move — he’s got fabulous snap. It goes without saying that he has a huge smile on his face at all times.

Today at the concert I must admit I was just as excited, if not more so, than Captain JB. But the best part was when the first song started, and the dancers came running out, and there was the guy! Right there in person! I totally swooned. His name is Ben. Maybe I’ll start a fan club!