Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A Super Day

Saturday was Super Hero Day at the Lincoln Children's Museum! William was in paradise. He couldn't wait to meet all the super heroes!

First, middle, and last was Will's idol, Iron Man. And despite what he told everyone there, no he has NOT seen the movie. I don't even think he knows about the movie. He has seen a kids' cartoon of Iron Man, which is what he was really referring too.

War Machine let him push the button that makes his gun rotate. Big smiles there.

There were storm troopers aplenty. Will liked them better than he liked Han Solo or Darth Vader.

Among all the other super heroes, Will also decided to meet random museum patrons who dressed up for the day. The poor guy who dressed up like Captain America, and the family that dressed like The Incredibles probably didn't get to see much of the museum with the flocks of children coming to them. They were good sports about it though.

Alex loved pointing out the super heroes, but didn't want to go anywhere near them. They were a little too big and scary for him. He would much rather ride the motorcycle and climb through the gopher holes. I thought it was funny that Alex was the only one who wanted to dress up. He loved being Super Why. William put on three costumes before he decided to just go as "Mommy's Helper." Esther was a little miffed about the whole thing at first, otherwise I'm sure she would not have passed up an opportunity to play dress-up.

Esther did have fun in spite of it all. And after making her own mask in the craft center, decided that meeting some of the super heroes might be enjoyable.

We all had a super time!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Happy Birthday Alex!

On March 23, Alex turned 2!!!!

We have a no-homework policy for birthdays, but Esther did have some Book-It reading to do, so we compromised. She read all of Alex's favorite books to him first thing in the morning.


We visited a few of Alex's favorite places. First was the "Mammoth Museum" (a.k.a. The University of Nebraska State Museum)


Next we had lots of fun at the Ager Play Center.



We went home for the birthday boy's nap. When he woke up he had a lot of fun opening all his presents then eating his much-looked-forward-to race car cake.

Happy birthday my big little boy! We love you!!!

Watch Alex Grow

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