Veggie Tale Tragedy

The Veggie Tales were in town a few days ago, so I took the boys to see them live on stage. Things started off badly and went downhill from there. When Bob the Tomato came out on stage, he was missing a very important body part. And since Bob only had 3 body parts, EYES are pretty important! Someone quickly spun him around and stuck them on...and the show went on. That is until one eye fell off during the middle of one of Bob's lines later in the show. Several children gasped and some were afraid. Again - someone stuck the eye on, but this time it wasn't reapplied exactly straight. For the rest of the show, Bob seemed to be gazing up and to the right. It was odd. I laughed. Mason laughed.

One of my life complaints is the astronomical price of the poor quality trinkets at these shows. Every time we see Sesame Street, Wiggles, the circus or whatever...there is some spinning, light-up thingy that every kid MUST have. They cost $15 and last for about a minute and a half. Seriously. This time, I stuck to my guns. My daily Bible study had been on parenting, so I was armed. Mason begged and begged, but I was unwaivering. Enter God. A little boy and his grandma were sitting behind us. Toward the end of the show, the grandma GAVE Mason one of the light up thingys! She said they had two, and offered Mason their spare! He was super-thrilled! I seriously felt like God rewarded us. I'm certain she was an angel. Hey - and that's probably why Bob's eye fell off...I know God has a sense of humor and it was probably some sort of inside joke between Him and the grandma-angel-lady. Yeah - that's it. For the record - the light up thingy lasted until we got home. Even angels have to deal with the reality of the poor quality trinket issue.