The stangers who held open doors, entertained Maddie or lifted the stroller over bumps... especially one guy who barely broke his stride as he bent down and lifted the stroller onto the sidewalk.
Seeing Amanda Shaw, who only seems to get better and better (and then be followed by Steve Martin)
Hearing the most amazing Little Drummer - ever - in the kids tent.
And, of course, watching Maddie...
second line the first weekend without any prompting
(by week two, the crowds made her shy, but she did know which songs were second lines and which weren't)
get excited at the Jazz & Heritage stage, knowing she might see Indians
(by week two, she could identify their music from all the over the fair grounds)
puddle jump, stomp and dance around in fairy boots and then, ladybug boots (a lot of rain this year!)
dance to the Imagination Movers (she's got "turn around, run in place" down pat!), twist to the Dixie Cups & Frankie Ford, groove to the Preservation Hallsters and the Neville Brothers, shake to Tab Benoit, wiggle to the sounds of the Mardi Gras Indians and the Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and show her different moves at every Jazz Fest stage
get up close to the musicians
hit the dance floor at Economy Hall and dance with anyone who volunteered
blow bubbles outside the Gospel Tent while listening to Aaron Neville sing "I want to be in that number" and "Amazing Grace"; and then blow bubbles to the sounds of BB King.
lie on our picnic mat and watch the clouds while listening to Simon & Garfunkel (we took the picture ourselves so it is upside down!)
twirl around the field while listening to Pete Fountain
play her saxaphone in the Gospel Tent and then take a bow, which turned into a tumbleset... right in the middle of the Gospel Tent
eat dark chocolate covered strawberries (and poulet on a stick, coucous, crawfish bread... just the bread!, strawberry shortcake and the ring pops from the "bathroom lady")
pull out the mat so she could picnic at the Fest
share her beads and balls
make friends with kids from all around the country
and get her own chair off stroller (and then back on) whenever she wanted to take a break (and when she wanted to sit next to another little girl with her own chair and umbrella)
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