Although our family has an annual membership to the Brookfield Zoo, this is the first time that I’ve been back since the Spring. The last time I was there, the “Great Bear Wilderness Trail” was still under construction and the dolphin stadium was being renovated. Both are now completed, so we wanted to get...
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Aiden has never been to a theater before. We didn’t want to be those parents that bring a child who was obviously not ready to sit still through an entire movie. But we had taken him to the Field Museum a few days earlier, and he sat through the 3D dinosaur movie about Sue The T-Rex very well. He even wore the 3D...
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The boys fall down about a hundred times a day. Each time, we pick them up and tell them that they are okay and send them off to play again. On Sunday morning, Aiden was running down the hall when he fell. He was on the floor crying, so I picked him up from behind and said, “You’re okay, buddy”. By the...
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I went to Toys R Us the weekend after Botcon to see if they had the new “Power Core Combiner” figures. I found the three 2-packs (one basic-sized figure and his mini-con partner) that make up the first wave there. They looked much better than I though they would. I decided to pass on them though, not because I...
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Alice Cooper comes to the Radisson Star Theater about once a year. I’ve seen the advertisements on the giant animated billboard next to US 30 about a dozen times over the last decade. And every time, I say to Chrissy that we should go see him since we’re both big fans of his music. We don’t get out to see...
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Katie called to say that her friend Julie got a block of tickets to see Choo Choo Soul at the Radisson Star Theater in Merrillville because she’s interning at Radio Disney in Chicago. She had about forty tickets to give away and asked if we could help her distribute them. The boys liked Choo Choo Soul on the Disney...
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Swavek and I went to see Predators on its opening night. We got there early and watched the theater fill up. I’m always surprised to see people come in even after the lights go down and still expect to find a decent seat. I don’t normally see movies in the theater anymore, unless they are at the IMAX, but the...
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Normally, Chrissy and I go to Botcon together and get a Primus package for each of us. The Primus package entitles you to an exclusive set of figures, which usually end up being very expensive on the secondary market. We buy two sets of all the exclusive figures. Chrissy will sell her stuff on eBay, and this will pay for our...
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