Archive for Family Matters

St. Nicholas Day

…was two days ago.

As is our custom, we had the tree decorated a couple weeks ago, and the kids found their presents under the tree in the morning. But since school days are busy, we waited until after dinner and homework to open them.

M gets what he wanted

G opens small gift

And the boys open a gift from Uncle John:

a new chess set is opened

and then they use the gift!

three boys play chess

Notice Lucky trying to figure out where his chess piece belongs!

Comments

Pictures from the exhibition

Okay, eight of the better pics of the fellows… outside OMSI, then by the Millenium Falcon exhibit…
outside OMSIboys outside Millenium Falcon

Jedi with Yoda ad Mace Windu, then meeting the Princess and her droids…

Jedi with Yoda and Mace WinduJedi meets Leia and droids

Jedi with a wookie and a scoundrel, and a young man with cool ride…

Jedi, wookie and scoundrelG next to Luke's landspeeder

finally Three Jedi Knights, then a Jedi with friendly storm troopers.

Three Jedi KnightsStorm Troopers with Jedi

Comments

QuickImpressions (recopied from my blogspot.com page)

of the Star Wars exhibit on now at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

Go. DO buy tickets in advance (even over the internet or phone worth the $2/per ticket handling fee to avoid long lines).

DON’T do the Millenium Falcon simulator. Tickets are for timed entry. They are $5 each, plus $2 handling fee if you order by internet or phone. We stood in line over 40 minutes, for a 5 minutes simulation, which was probably wonderful from the front two seats, but a bit less realistic from the back two… You heard me right. Only four seats… which is why it took so long. Had they done tickets in 15 minute blocks of people, instead of one-hour blocks, we could have let the kids explore the science museum a bit more.

The actual Star Wars exhibit, on the other hand… very nice, and more tomorrow when I have pics downloaded from the camera.

Comments

« Previous Page« Previous entries « Previous Page · Next Page » Next entries »Next Page »