Star Wars Extravaganza!

Since the boys are thoroughly obsessed with anything and everything Star Wars, we thought a visit to Space Center Houston was in order. We haven't been since Andrew was a toddler, and they have a summer Star Wars exhibit, so why not? Alex was awake at 4:52 Saturday morning, asking very sweetly if I could lay out his clothes so we could get dressed and go. :) I nicely shuffled him back to his bed and told him he needed to sleep awhile longer, but he wanted none of that. He was ready to leave! Thankfully, we had a good hour-long drive for him to nap on the way over. He needed energy for what was to come....

We saw an awesome movie about the history of space flight, where mommy tried to explain things like gravity and the Challenger explosion. You know....the easy stuff! We looked at moon rocks, astronaut suits & equipment, lunar modules and rovers. We went into several (old) astronaut trainers, attempted to land the shuttle on the computer, and Andrew tried to dock with the Space Station (see picture), but all Alex wanted was the Star Wars stuff! Forget history and technology and the tram tour of the Space Center...bring on C3PO and R2D2! They blasted Count Dooku & Ventress with foam ball guns, watched as others went thru a Jedi laser training maze, posed with some characters and movie relics, and were more than happy to leave for the mall where the Lego store awaited!

After saving their allowance all summer, they gave careful thought to what they would buy. Sadly, neither could afford the $500 Death Star or Millenium Falcon, but they happily settled with a Spongebob rocket (Alex's choice) and 2 Star Wars fighters (Andrew's choice). A day of Star Wars/Space Center fun and a trip to the Lego store.....what more could a little boy want?

Posing with C3P0:

Daddy & Andrew meeting the Clone Troopers (while Alex cowered behind mom): Trying on old space helmets:
Daddy helping Andrew dock with the Space Station: