A mere 18 years ago I was a little girl. A little girl who was the biggest NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK fan. I listened to their TAPES non-stop and I couldn't wait to wake up on Saturday morning to see their videos on "Saturday Morning Videos" (no MTV or VH1 for us)! I had posters, t-shirts, jewelry, buttons, puzzles, board games, videos, stickers, Valentine's, piano books, notebooks, and a NKOTB stage complete with the 5 dolls. I actually still have most of these items but we won't go there!
So, 18 years ago my mother made all of my dreams come true when she bought me and my two sisters tickets to their concert. I was the happiest 11 year old on the planet!
A few years later the band broke up. I pretended like I didn't care because at this time I was a snotty junior high kid and it wasn't "cool" to like the New Kids. But... deep down I wanted them back!
Other bands tried to fill the void-- Boyz II Men, NSync, Backstreet Boys. But they were no New Kids in my book!
Because of my obsession with pop culture I was reading online one day and spotted a rumor that the New Kids were making a comeback. Could it really be??? Not only were they making a comeback, they were dropping a new album and GOING ON TOUR!!! The very second tickets went on sale Jaime and I got online to get our FLOOR SEATS (and we even talked our mom into coming with us).
As you can see from the pictures below... our seats were AMAZING. I felt like I was 11 all over again. We had so much fun. Natasha Bedingfield was the opening act which was a total bonus because I love her music!
Jordan was always my favorite New Kid. Still is too!
That's a funny shirt someone through to the stage. Donnie decided to wear it!!
This fuzzy picture is of Jordan leaning down to touch hands. I was rushing past Jaime and her camera to try to get up there. I wanted to touch his hand-- didn't happen, but close! Although, Jordan did wave at me and Jaime. SERIOUSLY. We were looking at him and waved and he looked RIGHT AT US and waved back-- no one else was waving at him so we know it was aimed at us!!!
Guess who else was enjoying the concert FOUR ROWS BEHIND US??? Little David Archuleta- what a cutie! We tried to go talk to him but security made us sit back down but we did get a couple pics! We're pretty sure he was the youngest one there (was he even born in 1990??)! :)
How is it even possible that I am the mother of not just one 9-year old... but two 9-year olds? Time flies SO fast! This is Jackson's FAVORITE part of having a birthday... picking out of Grandma's money jar (there are NO pennies in the money jar-- just silver coins). They get one try and there's no scooping allowed... just reach in and pull out as much as you can. Jackson's at a good point right now because his hand is big enough to get quite a haul but not too big that it gets stuck on the way out. 
Jackson had the BEST idea for a birthday party. He wanted to go bowling and he only wanted to invite one friend and his cousins. It was SUPER fun for the kids and SUPER easy for mom and dad! Jackson even got a bowling pin for all of his party guests to sign! We brought in pizza, Sprite and cupcakes and the kids had so much fun! 
