One... Two... Five!

Yes, I quoted Shakespeare, yes there is such a thing as realistic fantasy, and yes, my D&D session went great, thanks for asking! I was using the term "realistic fantasy" to actually mean "non-contrived fantasy". That is to say, a world and an adventure that doesn't feel forced and unnatural. An adventure that takes the players on the path I want them to be on, but because they want to be on that path as well. Not just because the DM said so.

Anyway... enough about that. We are squeezing as much fun as we can into this weekend. Friday we tried to do the Apple Valley parade, but once again the heat and time of day just ruined it. Seriously, who plans a parade for the hottest part of the day in the hottest part of the year? It should be mandatory that all July 4th parades start at 9am.

We recovered, and followed up with a morning at the Waterpark on Saturday. It was great, Megan and I went down our first water slide together. (her first ever) We went down at least 6 or 7 times, and she loved it. By the end, I had her at the top yelling "Ready! Go!" and we would shoot down.

Today we visited the Children's Museum, and it was MUCH better than the last time we went. We got there right at opening, 9am. We had the entire place to ourselves for the first 30 minutes and then even after that, it never got crowded. We did colors, words, and all sorts of fun stuff. The new exhibit was Once Upon a Time, Exploring the World of Fairy Tales. Megan dressed up with fairy wings, climbed up the magic beanstalk (attached to a slide), and road in Cinderella's carriage! She also said a new word after all her fun, "Princess"! We were very excited about that.

Even with all that fun going on, I was able to get some time and see Hancock this weekend which I enjoyed, and Andrea went out with a friend of hers to celebrate a birthday. And the best part? The weekend isn't even over yet!

Tonight we'll go out for dinner for my brothers birthday which was last week, and then tomorrow we have Zoo plans. Although we went to the Zoo just a few weeks ago, it was so packed that I'd love to go back and enjoy the bears and new stuff with less crowds. Similar to this mornings 9am plan, tomorrow we will hit the Zoo right at opening time.