Grover vs. Abby Cadabby

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? In preparation for taking my niece Sylvie, Stephanie, and her niece Bridget to Sesame Street Live at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on Friday, I've been doing a little sneaky sleuthing. Would you expect anything less of me? I know the girls will be happy enough to just go and see the show, but what's a good evening out without a little love from your Auntie? So I got the idea to make the girls little bento boxes for the ride in the car, and little Sesame Street take-home goodie bags (where there's a secondary purpose, in hopes of avoiding the purchase of overpriced crap at the theatre).
I've found a few good things around town for the bento boxes, including Earth's Best organic crackers in Sesame Street shapes (Target - you cease to amaze me), and Big Bird juice boxes at Whole Foods.I'm thinking I'll fill the bento's with the juice boxes, shaped cheese and character crackers, cut-out apple slices and strawberries, some yogurt pretzels, and maybe some Annie's fruit snacks. Not forgetting of course, a cute note for each of the girls with Elmo stickers to boot.
Then for the goodie bags, I found these cute little stuffed dolls, a Grover for Sylvie, and an Abby Cadabby for Bridget.I think it's perfect, considering the theme of the show this year is "When Elmo Grows Up," featuring Abby Cadabby! The bags will also include a Sesame Street coloring book with some crayons, some stickers, and a glow in the dark Abby Cadabby wand. These girls are going to be the envy of the whole theatre with those wands.How's that for a cute little surprise? Maybe the girls are too young yet to remember something like this, but it's really important for me to do Auntie type things with my niece when I can. Mostly because I have such fond memories of doing things with my own Aunts when I was younger; like eating Velveeta shells and cheese and drinking Sunny Delight (Thank you Aunt Denise, these are still my favorite comfort foods). So here's to making new memories being the Auntie myself! Check back later in the week for an update on how things went.