Round and Round

One of Khai's favorite pastimes... spinning around until he's completely dizzy.

Going to the Movies

How much sweeter could it be? Khai's first time at the movies and he gets to see Iron Man 2.
He was psyched! He wore his Iron Man tshirt, brought two of his Iron Man action figures, got hooked up with the required bag of popcorn, twizzlers, and gummy sweet tarts... and though I had concerns that he might become restless or scream out IRON MAAAAANNN! a million times or talk throughout the showing, I am proud to say that none of this occurred and he sat and watched the entire movie! (i'm sure a little credit should be given to the popcorn..and Iron Man).
Yay!

Mothers Day

Khai's not big on drawing or coloring - or at least not that i'm aware of. Its quite possible that he does more at school than at home, because at home its all trains, video games, action figures, and the like. For Mothers Day though, he decided he'd draw me a picture. And appropriately for the occasion, he opted for a flower. His usual drawings are generally scribbles - but today he said "mommy, no scribble scrabble" and proceeded to draw, with quite a serious expression on his face as he focused hard on the petals and stem and leaves. Scribble scrabble to the average eye... awesomeness to a Mommy. :-)

Flower from school. Awww.

Meow.

Day Out WIth Thomas

After months of waiting, Thomas finally arrived at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, MD. I told Khai that Thomas was coming all the way from the Island of Sodor especially to see him. He was pretty impressed and it only took as much as a threat to call Thomas and tell him not to come because of some bad behavior that would snap Khai back into shape. (what am i going to use now that Thomas is gone??!!) It was 90 something degrees, hot and humid. But, for the simple fact that this was bigger than Christmas to Khai, it was all worth it. When we finally found Thomas, Khai started running towards him saying "Thomas!!! You're here!!!!" I only wish I could have gotten it on video! Our ride wasn't until later in the afternoon so we went and checked out all the other trains and activities around the station as we melted ...
Ride time came, and was set to be a short 15 minute one. A complete waste of $64, I must add. The view was non-impressive. I thought we would ride in open coaches but we didn't (i had looked up other Day Out With Thomas events, and they had open coaches... in fact, they had alot more going on.. other Thomas characters and trains were there... all we got was Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt who we didn't even get to see). Even Khai lost interest at some point. Reminder for next time, skip the ride. I am certain Khai would have been just as happy just visiting with Thomas.
And then when the ride was over....dun dun dunnnn he asked to play on the moon bounce!! They had three huge ones there, which he beyond conquered. Diving head first, taking dives off high points, flipping backwards. I don't know where any of this came from, but my little boy has finally stepped over into the fearless zone... it can only take off from here.
As the day wore down, we headed out to say Goodbye to Thomas as he made his way back home.. Khai was sad to see him go - but this other little boy was in serious tears. Its amazing how a train can capture these little kids hearts. The entire ride home, Khai asked why Thomas had to leave. :-(

Fear Conquered

Up until now, Khai has pretty much been afraid of moon bounces and playground tunnel, gym-like whatever you call them. All the other kids go wild in them and then there's Khai who I can see it in his eyes - he wants to go in...but still just isn't ready yet. Then this morning he saw a Burger King commercial showing Iron Man toys in their kids meal and he insisted we go. We don't generally go to Burger King, but for Iron Man.. its a deal. Khai got his meal, he got his toy, and as we were about to leave he told us with much excitement that he wanted to go to the playground area. SHOCK!!!! It didn't take very long for him to make his way up the tunnels and thru the whole maze...and then it didn't stop. He had conquered his fear and was loving it. John is extra proud of his little man today! I'm wondering if Iron Man had anything to do with it..