We started out the morning by getting in the car and all of us heading to the Y for Andrew’s swimming lesson. There were no lessons this week because of the Good Friday holiday. I wasn’t told anything last week and then I asked about signing up for lessons for next session only to find out that they had already started. So, we were out and had to figure out what we’d like to do. We decided to head to the Mall. I wanted to pick up a few things for the trip to LA next week.
We hit up Dunkin Donuts first because all the stores weren’t open yet. Then we took a walk over to Hallmark. There they had a bunch of Itty Bittys. These are cute little characters. Eva picked Tinker Bell and Andrew picked The Hulk. They loved them and hung onto them all the while we were at the Mall.
I found a few things to bring with me but one I have to bring back because it won’t work for what I wanted. I found what I wanted later on via Amazon.com. It should arrive right before I leave on the trip.
We returned home with a sleeping Andrew and then Eva and I worked on a project for the afternoon. We got a Think Fun Maker Studio set. We’re making a contraption with the materials and some recycled items.
Ever since seeing Iron Man in 2008 I have made movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe my favorites. That first movie was amazing and I couldn’t get enough of it. I watched it a few times in the theater and even dragged my dad out to see it as well. There were so many great moments in that movie. Then at the end there was the first of the “stingers”, those little final scenes at the end of Marvel movies that every fan knows to wait for. In that one we meet Nick Fury and learn that Tony Stark’s Iron Man is not the only super hero out there. Oh yeah, more movies were coming!
Fast forward to 2014 where I’ve watched every Marvel Cinematic Universe movie and rabidly consume every bit of information about upcoming Marvel movies. Allison and I watch Marvel’s Agents of Shield and Agent Carter. Then an amazing thing happened. I was invited to LA to participate in a press tour to view Guardians of the Galaxy and interview cast members like Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista and director, James Gunn. It was an incredible experience. A once in a lifetime trip.
