Barbie, Snow Slide, Jedi, Egypt

What do all these have in common? These are all exhibits that are currently at our Children's Museum. I thought the Barbie exhitibit was over in February. It is. February 2011. The Snow Slide is part of the Holly Jolly Days. The only thing we missed was Santa. We walked through the Egypt exhibit before but didn't see everything. We have seen the Star Wars stuff before but there was something new this time.

They had some costumes from Star Wars that the kids could dress up in. This is C's Jedi face. Too cute! Here is our woman preacher. Just kidding.

In the store, they had the word Barbie spelled out with--Barbies. Kinda cute.

C and K taking a ride down the Nile on a crocodile. Isn't it huge!

C went ice fishing. And caught a fish! (Like his sports glasses? His regular glasses broke the week before-courtesy of his sister, so he had to wear these. Poor guy.)

K thought she was a princess up in her high tower, waving to her loyal subjects. She is something else.

C really liked the G.I. Joe display. He was excited because he actually has some of the ones on display.

I am not a shoes person, but these were on display in the Barbie exhibit. I think they are beautiful! So shiny! But I probably would never wear them. But aren't they so pretty!

Here the kids are pretending to be the DJs for the BArbie fashion show that is happening ont he pink (of course) runway.

And here is my fashion-esta. She was working the stage.

They had so many Barbies on display, some I recognized. It was fun to see all the different ones.

One Barbie with another. Here is K on the snow slide. I didn't go down it but it looked pretty fast.

C on the slide. I think they went down it 3 or 4 times.

I fianlly finished this post! I have been trying to finish for a very long time! I think I set it to post 3 times and had to delete it because it posted before I finished it.

We had such a good time that day. The kids were so good. And it's so much easier for me to take them by myself. They are at a great age. how fun!

Star Wars in Concert

I'm sure by now everyone knows that my son loves anything Star Wars. For his birthday this year, we bought tickets for him and Daddy to go to Star Wars in Concert.

What exactly is Star Wars in Concert? I'll let the official website explain:

"Star Wars in Concert is a unique event that combines John Williams' unforgettable music, performed by a live symphony orchestra and chorus, with specially edited footage from all six Star Wars films. Through each musical piece, audiences will experience the key themes, characters ands story elements of the epic Star Wars saga from a new perspective. Taking a remarkable excursion into the heart of a galaxy far, far away."

Before the actual concert, they were able to see different props and costumes from various movies:

"Nestled deep in the confines of the George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, the Lucasfilm Archives is a magical place. Its contents include models, storyboards, illustrations, costumes and props from all six Star Wars films. Over the years a number of these other worldly items have been exhibited around the globe, but not everything has seen the light of day. Many items have been stored for as long as 30 years, unseen since they were last in front of a camera--until now."

There were also many people there dressed up in "character." They were able to get many cool pictures and see a lot of neat stuff.

They both agreed that the concert itself was AWESOME! (Funny side note: after the 1st song, everyone clapped. C said "Is that all?")

It was a long/late evening (they left around 4 and didn't get home till after 10). They came home with an awesome program. But according to both, it was well worth it.

Here are some of their picutres. (PS: check back for info on what K and I did that night)

Happy Birthday, C!

Today my little boy turned 7! It's so hard to believe that I have a 7 year old!

Just like last year, we let him pick what he wanted for all his meals. Boy is he a home-body! He wanted doughnuts (like last year) for breakfast. We all went in our jammies to get them. For lunch, we stayed here and ate together. For dinner we ordered out pizza because he didn't want to go anywhere. Easy enough.

A few years ago, C had a light saber that was taken away from him because he had hit something one too many times. At that time he was told that he would be allowed to have one when he was 7. I thought that the one he got at Disney would be sufficient. I was mistaken. He also wanted a spring activated one that he could play with (since the other is so big). Last night we did a little shopping and he was allowed to spend some birthday money to buy one. Well the one last night need returned today cuz it didn't work. So he and Daddy did that and got C's glassed re-adjusted (and a few other errands).

One of the errands was to get a cake or cookie for C for today (his party is next week). He wanted a cookie but they couldn't find a birthday one. So we ate Santa instead. Isn't he cute?

C got many well wishes on facebook, by phone call, and on blogs. He also opened a few presents today. K got him more Star Wars guys, Grandma and Papa got him 2 world maps (he loves looking at maps), my sister got him a few things to use tomorrow night. The present we got him --you'll have to check back to see where he and Daddy are going tomorrow night.

He had a good day and so did we all. Both kids were good. We played Wii, watched Monsters vs Aliens (not a fan), and a Muppet's Christmas.

Back to Disney!

I wish we were actually going back, but actually I have one last post. I forgot that I was going to blog about C's favorite souvenir.

Saturday morning before we left for the airport, Daddy and C went back to Hollywood Studios specifically for C to build his very own lightsaber. He actually got to pick out all the components and the color and if he wanted one or two blades.

It was much bigger than we anticipated. It actually had to be broken down to be packed to come home. Once we got home and put it all together and extended it, IT WAS HUGE! It's actually taller than me! Oh I forgot. It actually lights up--on one side. We think it was supposed to light up on both sides but something got left out when it was built (no fault of our own).
Side note: the benefits of homeschooling--staying in your jammies until dinner time. Aaaaah yeah!

Children's Museum-again

Since we bought a family year's membership to the Children's Museum, I am bound and determined to make good use of it. I took the kiddies yesterday, by myself. I was more worried about getting lost than anything else. But Maggie (our GPS) did very good in getting us there and back.

We had fun, even though we were only there for a few hours. The first thing we did was ride the carousel. We did ride again later-two more times for a total of 3! K loves the carousel!

Then we went back and checked out the Legos again. We actually weren't in there as long as last time.

Next was the new Star Wars exhibit. I was really disappointed. There wasn't much to look at. We looked maybe 10 minutes. Most was "info" on who wore this and how they made that and whose idea was such and such. Not stuff C would care about. There was a wall mural of some characters that was cool. And there was a display of different weapons that C liked. Otherwise, it was a let down.

So we went on to other stuff: the Health House where my kids actually pretended to wash dishes. I took a picture because that may be the only time I ever see that.
After the museum, we went to Stake and Shake for lunch. The kids ate really good so we got shakes for them to work on in the car on the way home (I didn't want K to fall asleep before we got home).

We had a great time; just wished that Daddy could come with us every time.