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Free Comic Book Day 2017 & I Saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

The Kids with the Guardians
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Attending Free Comic Book Day is a yearly tradition that I have shared with Eva ever since she was 2 years old. Also with Andrew when he was 2. I missed one year because I was away on a trip but otherwise I have been there and we have been to Wild Time Comics to celebrate the day. To be perfectly honest, as I was driving home after being awake for nearly 28 hours and the rain poured down my heart wasn’t quite in it. When I pulled into the driveway and everything was we and soggy and dreary my heart wasn’t in it. I was ready to just crawl into bed and sleep the day away.

I went into the house. The kids were all excited, they had taken baths and were getting ready to attend Free Comic Book Day with Dad. So I laid down in bed for close to an hour to get a second wind before taking them over to the comic book store for the opening of the event.

When we got there the rain started again and we stood under some tents. Well, Andrew and I did but Eva refused because there were some of the creepy statues from Halloween ComicFest. Eva refuses to go to that day with me, it terrifies her. Andrew gets a little scared but I think he’s just feeding on Eva’s vibe.

The doors opened and we went in. Andrew immediately went all around and I had to monitor him while trying to pick the comics and make sure that Eva was seeing certain comics that I knew she would like. Andrew picked out one comic and then went to the free candy The one he picked was one that we already had from a Halloween ComicFest and so I picked out the second one which was Animal Jam. It wasn’t until we were in the car that I noticed that we had gotten two of the same one.

Our ComicsThe kids had gotten some discount coupons and so we bought a couple of things including a collected 6 issue set of X-Men Evolution that was based on the cartoon. We had 60% off the final purchase so that was great.

On the way home I gave the kids their comics. Andrew flipped through Animal Jam and was done. Eva read through her Disney Princesses comic (another that we bought) and when we got home she continued reading. We had to make her get up off the couch so we could take the photo above. Seeing her excited about comics and wanting to read more of them made going in the rain with no sleep totally worth it. Having the kids excited to do something dad loves was also worth it.

While we didn’t stay too long at the event we made sure to get some photos with cosplayers who were doing Guardians of the Galaxy including the owner, Randy who was Star-Lord! We always make sure to get a photo with Randy because he always dresses up. We had a great one from a ear when Eva was Toruun and Randy was Thor. Then I tried to get to sleep after reading one of my comics.

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Eva’s Trip to The Little Red Schoolhouse

Little Red Schoolhouse
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Today Eva had a field trip to The Little Red Schoolhouse. This has been a trip that kids at her school have been doing for years. I went there when I was a kid, too. All the kids dress up from colonial times and they bring their lunches in baskets and things like that. She even had us make bone in chicken breasts the night before so her lunch could be more authentic. She’s definitely our kid.

Today I attempted a DIY project but it got stopped because I destroyed a portion that was needed. So, I had to put it on hold to go and get a special part. I’ll continue the project tomorrow. It is for a blog post coming next month.

I got a couple more Marvel LEGO sets recently to continue my collection of Marvel sets. I’ve got all the Guardians and am having a good time making these sets. We were going to build one of the sets during Built from Bricks but instead we worked on a fun stop motion, they take a long time to do.

Speaking of time. I did not have time today to make another stop motion or build of a set and instead today’s post is about a new organizational system that Eva is using for her LEGO pieces. Check it out below.