Saturday, October 29, 2005

Party Down

by Tom Bozzo

John has had an unbelievably long birthday season, as he insisted on getting a share of the festivities for his mother (beginning of October) and sister (mid-October), and had his playgroup friends over for a party a week ago. One day short of the real thing, we had the Twin Cities affair with the cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma.

First stop: The Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum in St. Paul.

For a while, I wasn't sure we'd make it past the Thomas stuff near the entrance.
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Then, this Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel set lured John away.
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The median age of the kids there was approximately 3, and the staff were kind (not to mention alert) enough to run Thomas even though it was Saturday.
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An aerial view of the Minneapolis riverfronts from the end of the Age of Steam, and the awesomely awesome 1/48 scale reproduction.
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(Click for larger versions.)

Someone must have set the points wrong — this doesn't look much like Sodor...
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This is neat (*), Dad. Think we could have one of these at home?
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Then we were off to cousin Allison's house for pizza and cake.

The reveal: John says, "Let me at it!"
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Make a wish...
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Granted.
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(*) Neat, but not "cool," we were notified. "Cool," for now, is apparently reserved for John's Lego starfleet.
Comments:
Happy birthday, John!

What adorable pictures.
 
Happy end-of-birthday-season, John! And welcome to the next set of holidays. [Does he absolutely crash in January?]
 
John is so adorable. I just want to pick him up and give him a big hug and smooch.
 
Thanks, everyone!

Nina: We'll see. He gets two Christmases with our usual travel arrangements, but he's so much bigger now that his reaction to it all will be an adventure.

Tonya: Sadly, he now occasionally wriggles away from Parental Displays of Affection (or tries to). Three and all, you know.
 
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