Hurry up Mom!!!  |
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|  I ran away from home again, but this time it was with Cary. We saw in the newspaper that the California Museum was doing an exhibit of motion picture costumes, including Darth Vader. Cary is very into Star Wars and he had also heard about the exhibit at school, so we just had to go. The girls didn't want any part of it.
So after lunch we drove to downtown Sacramento. We went upstairs to the floor with the special exhibits. To get there we had to walk through an exhibit about famous women from California. In the sports section, there was Peggy Fleming's Olympic gold medal and Kristi Yamaguchi's skates. So I pointed them out to Cary. "Come ON Mom, hurry up." OK never mind the boring stuff.
So we found the exhibit. From Star Trek, there was Captain Kirk's gold tunic from Mirror, Mirror, Captain Picard's uniform, Seven of Nine's uniform, a Klingon battle cruiser, the Gorn, and many other things. From Star Wars, there was Luke Skywalker's jumpsuit, Obi Wan Kenobi, a storm trooper helmet, Luke's severed hand (yuck) and, of course, Darth Vader. There were also costumes from Batman, Blade runner, the Terminator (with our very own Governator), Batman, and even the hat from the Wicked Witch of the West. Cary's favorite was, of course, Darth Vader.
We also looked at some Native American baskets, sat in a bus from 1951, watched a short film about the California movie industry and did an etching of the Great Seal of California. This was followed by a visit to the gift shop and a second visit to say goodbye to Darth Vader. Then we walked up to the State Capitol, which was only half a block away.
Then we came home and did thank you cards. :-)
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 dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | I didn't take pictures, but here is a link:
http://www.californiamuse...
There were 2 Yoda figures directing the way to the exhibit, no Han Solo or Princess Leia, but they did have Indiana Jones' jacket and whip... | | | |
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2.  sparkofinsanity (3868)
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3 years ago
| |  Well hells bells Dawn if you're going to run away from home, do it with one of your kids, cause they sure have the best places to go in mind! LOL
Sounds like a lovely day spent with Cary. What a great mom you are!
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | It was more like half an afternoon, that's about his whole attention span as far as museums go. But it was fun! | | | |
| sparkofinsanity (3868)
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3 years ago
| | Whole day, half a day..........matters not. The great thing is, you went with him and I'll bet he'll be smiling in his sleep for weeks! | | | |
| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | and me too, I'm a geek! | | | |
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| 3. cloudwatcher (4168)
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3 years ago
| |  And no mention of stopping for a coffee, or a chocolate, or a thick shake or anything - but you did get to the gift shop. Did Cary get a mini Darth Vader? I'm sure you had something afterwards, but the main thing is that you shared precious moments with your son.
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | He had a snack when we got home. As for the gift shop, he wanted a magnetic book mark with a California quarter on it and that's what he got! | | | |
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | It was Alec Guinness, though really it was just the costume, no face or anything. The thank you cards were for their birthday presents. Their party was over 3 weeks ago, so it was a bit overdue. | | | |
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| 5. thea09 (5382)
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3 years ago
| |  Hi Dawn, I took mine to an exhibit of Beatrice Potter, not quite the same but Star Wars wouldn't have any appeal for me.
No stop for coffee afterwards?
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| zed_k4 (7705)
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3 years ago
| |  Count me in for coffee! Ha..
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | I don't think Cary would have liked Beatrice Potter, but I would have.
No coffee, none of my kids would be interested. We just came home and had a snack... | | | |
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Star Wars, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Blade Runner, Terminator, Batman - lots of cool stuff. | | | |
| zed_k4 (7705)
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3 years ago
| | I choose Spiderman..the neighborhood friendly spidey. | | | |
| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Not one Spiderman costume, no Superman either. I'll have to complain!!! | | | |
| zed_k4 (7705)
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3 years ago
| | Hehehehe... | | | |
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| zed_k4 (7705)
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3 years ago
| | I remember this children song I like; I don't know the title... '...that's what it's all about!' - something like that, LOL... | | | |
| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | The Hokey Pokey?
Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around, that's what it's all about...
Something like that anyway! | | | |
| zed_k4 (7705)
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3 years ago
| | Ah!! That's the one, LOL.. | | | |
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| 7. ElicBxn (24681)
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3 years ago
| |  That sounds like fun! Wish I had been there - but I guess you know what my Saturday was like - Sunday was recovering from Saturday
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Your weekend sounded pretty exhausting! | | | |
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| 8. gabs8513 (23375)
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3 years ago
| |  Well it looks like you had a good time, but who where the Thank you Cards for??????
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Thank you cards were for their birthday presents. They had a party three weeks ago and I really wanted to get them done LAST week! | | | |
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| 9. ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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3 years ago
| |  U are a good mom & i bet cary loved the time w/just you & him besides getting to see the star war things. good for you for taking him.
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| ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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3 years ago
| | That's the way i act to, lol. | | | |
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| 10. Humbug25 (4577)
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3 years ago
| |  Hi ya Dawny
Aww it sounds like you guys had a great time! I wish we had something like that here my kids would have been made up to see such an expedition. My kids are into all sorts at the moment but mainly Star Wars and they drift in and out of Ben10!!
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| dawnald (24270)
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3 years ago
| | Cary likes Star Wars. The girls think it's lame. But that's fine, sometimes it's good doing things one on one with them! | | | |
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