We feel like it’s important to document the kid friendliness of this tour-as an encouragement to all our musician friends who have or want kids. We have been taking ours to most of the concerts and it’s a hoot. The bigs care for the littles during the music and they are actually getting used to PM rock star hours. What we are finding hard is the mornings. For some reason, their internal AM clock is not resetting to rock star hours and they are still getting up early. Really early. We trade off being the adult in duty in the am, but somehow Barry hasn’t had to do it yet…
Schooling has proven hard as all we want to do in the daytime is veg out. Maybe touring with kids in the summer would be a less pressured experience.
We have worked a couple of kids into the concerts and that is so fun in a partridge family way. Russell plays his horn and Ivy sings on the song, “Green”.
Overall, we love having them here-not being separated from them. But let it be said that we could not accomplish this without Melissa. She is invaluable to us and proving to be so, so patient. She brings breathing room to us and she’s just plain fun. So, if you think you want to tour with 4 kids, just make sure you have a Melissa.