Airplanes and space


I recentlytook Shawn Jr. to the museum of flight. The first time I took him he was 3 yrs. old. He loved looking at the many airplanes hanging from the ceiling and displayed on the three levels of the museum. He was slightly interested in the space shuttle.. It was fun time for both of us. Since that first visit he has mentioned several times that he would like to go back to the museum of flight, his requests coming more frequently in the last few months. Loving our alone time, I decided to take him again this January. Even though it was hard to cough up $25.00 to go walk through and look at airplanes again, I wanted to please my grandson. (He was free the first time around, and I had a coupon for me:))

We spent an entire afternoon looking around and walking through the museum. This time Shawn Jr. was talking the entire time. He asked questions nonstop. He was relaxed and in no hurry. He walked through the museum with his little eyes wide open with wonder and excitement, enjoying every minute of it. He asked if we could go walk inside the space shuttle and showed me where they slept standing up-things remembered from our previous trip about a year and a half earlier. It was a special day for me that I will always remember. I don't know much about airplanes and I fear the questions will become more and more complicated as we return to the museum, so I took Shawn and his brother to the library last week to load up on books about planes and space shuttles... what a wonderful learning experience for both of us. My number one grandson( as he calls himself) has started yet another tradition to be passed along to his younger brother and cousins. He did say that we probably shouldn't take Xarik and Baron until they are four-because they would run around too much, but that Carson could probably handle it . My wise little guy....

Shawn Jr./museum of flight

Shawn Jr./museum of flight

Museum of Flight

Museum of Flight
Shawn Jr. in the Concord 2011

Shawn/air balloon

Shawn/air balloon

Shawn Jr./helicopter

Shawn Jr./helicopter

Shawn the Astronaut

Shawn the Astronaut

Shawn Jr./control tower

Shawn Jr./control tower

Shawn Jr.helicopter

Shawn Jr.helicopter

Shawn Jr.space needle

Shawn Jr.space needle

Shawn Jr./airplane

Shawn Jr./airplane

Shawn Jr./2011

Shawn Jr./2011

Museum of Fight/ 2009

Museum of Fight/ 2009

Gaga/Papa and the grandkids

Gaga/Papa and the grandkids

My little blessings

My little blessings

Friday, January 16, 2009

Proud Grandma

Whew!

The week is coming to an end. I watched three of my precious grandsons last night. It was a perfect evening. First of all, I did not have a headache, which is a big plus any day of my life!!!
After work, I picked up Baron at the sitters, stopped to get Shawn and Xarik, fed Baron while waiting for Beth to get ready for work. Loaded the boys up. Unloaded them at my house and all went very well. After I changed his diaper,Baron was content to play on floor on his play mat. Xarik happily crawled and rolled around on the florr. Shawn and I had time to make a salad and sit down and eat. I fed Xarik his food while I ate mine, which left him content to play some more.
After all were fed and changed, Shawn and I were able to sit down on the floor and play his favorite "Star Wars" with his star wars and clone wars figures. We took a good amount of time taking turns picking which ones each of us would get-of course if I picked the "wrong" one for myself Shawn quickly jumped in with "oh no, you don't want that one, gaga". I offered to let him sort them out but he insisted I "could choose my own" lol. As each of our individual "bad guys' would take on the "good guys", Shawn would randomly jump up to check on his brother, and cousin. At one point he jumped up, took a bag of diapers away from Xarik, handed him a toy and came back to battle without missing a beat! Another time, he ran in to check on a crying Baron, came running back and announced "he's ok, auntie Kris is here now" and proceeded to continue and win the battle between his droid and my "good guy". He is an amazing three year old . I have no doubt that he will always be there to watch over and protect his little brother and cousins!!!
I am so proud of my little guys-- I just love them all so much!!
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