The Science Museum

sandra, christian, mom, lisa and her two boys, ben and luke and myself all went to the science museum in st. louis, missouri on the 6th. after work, lisa's hubby brian joined us. can i just tell you??? we had a blast... what fun watching the wonder on young kids faces... the amazement and excitement was electrifying...

it was free to go in but there were certain parts that you had to pay to go in or to see... we paid for two things... one was the discovery room... lots of fun stuff in there to play with... though i didn't think it made sense to have to pay there except for the fact that there was a limit to the amount of people allowed in at one time... but it wasn't like there was a speaker or something...

there were different stations in there that the kids could check out... there was a water station that had these plastic "walls" that you put in to redirect the flow of the water which was pretty cool except for the fact that there were two "older" boys hogging the thing... HOW RUDE... lol

there were stations with computers set up for little ones to do rhyming words and another one that was touch screen to learn about different dinosaurs and the cool part of that one was that you used 3d glasses to see the dinosaurs running at you... pretty cool....

there were plenty of other stations in the room to keep us all busy... i think christian really enjoyed it... i know ben and luke did... and it was easier to keep track of them in the closed room... lol

the other place we paid to go into was the marvel comic room... wow was that a blast... i took a bunch of pictures in there too... i know sandy don't yell at me for not posting more of them here... i'm going to scrap them all into their own book from that day because i took so many... no way to do just a double spread... too much to say... too much to show... lol

all in all it was a great day... for not only the kids but for the adults too... i would go back in a minute... it was that much fun...

My 4th of July Boy

okay so mom, dad and i are all settled in at sandra's and christian's for 2 weeks... but i think i already told you that... oh well, the hazards of dealing with an old woman... lol

as you all know yesterday was the 4th of july... cookouts and fireworks... love the 4th... you could say it's my favorite day of the year. well at least it has been for the past 7 years anyway... we had some real dark clouds roll in late afternoon and hung around for most of the evening... thought that was going to muck up the fireworks for the first time since christian was born... that would have sucked... but nope, just in time for them to start the sky cleared... what an amazing sunset... i'll pop a picture of it in so you can see it...

when we arrive at the cookout the first time, sandra and i showed up just the two of us... boy did we get some shit over that... everyone was asking where christian was... they don't care that we were there just that he wasn't... he's such a star... lol we had to explain to them that he's at home with o'ma and o'pa for now and we were going to go get them in a while for the fireworks... not very happy people but happier to know that he was going to come anyway... lol

when we did go get them and brought them back not only was he all excited about seeing everyone but he was also excited about getting to see the fireworks... we have him convinced that the show is just for him for his birthday... lol he loves the big bang and the whistling when they head up and the colors...
usually he jumps around and just smiles and squeals but this year he did something new also... when the lower ones were going off, the ones with just color no bang, he just stared at them... didn't move... like he was hypnotized... it was great to watch him...

i don't get to see very many of them myself because i'm sitting there snapping picture after picture because anyone that knows me knows i can't get enough pictures of christian... besides i watch them thru his eyes... he just lights up when they are going off... it's amazing... and yes i know most kids are the same way but with christian it's something more... his eyes are just so full of wonder... i hope he never looses that...

okay so it's 11am and my girl is sleeping on the couch... she got to bed (couch cause mom and dad are in her bed) late last night and up early this morning to get our munchkin off to school... she's on vacation this week which is great because i actually get to visit with her... usually she has to work... i can't even begin to tell you how much i miss her...

I'm here...

in illinois... got here yesterday morning... around 6am ish... spent about 1/2 hour mauling my little guy... who btw... went spazzy when he saw me... kekeke... he loves his gramma... then off to school he went...next thing i know... sandra and mom are off to the store... mom is amazing... rides 19 hours straight thru from mass to illinois and off she goes to walmart... lmao (we needed food...) i didn't go for the ride... thank you very much... my back was just about gone from the ride out here... i didn't need to add to it. around 2ish i went into "my room" to lay down and give my pain pills a chance to work, oh and to lay down completely stretched out instead of crunched on a van seat... just as i was unwinding enough to doze off in comes my little guy from school... with help from his mommy... to lay down with me to tell me how is day went at school... mommy said that it was so he could take a nap with me... well we laid in bed for almost 2 hours chatting... now christian still doesn't talk... well he does... just not in a language that we all can understand... when mommy came in to check on us after about an hour she scolded us because we weren't napping... we were talking and playing... lol it's all good though...today christian doesn't have school because it's the 4th of july... later on we are going to a huge cookout and to watch the fireworks... of course christian is convinced they are just for him... cause his birthday is the 5th... lol he's going to be 7 years old... lol......