Archive for March, 2012
Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration Weekend
March 2 was Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) is probably the best known children’s book writer here in the States, and he is even more beloved in San Diego, since he lived in La Jolla for many years. Keegan loves his books, so we decided to have a little bit of fun this year with his “birthday” (he died in 1991). Of course, school celebrated by reading his books and making related art projects. We were planning on making some green eggs and ham (the title of his most famous book), but we ended up going out for dinner with our neighbors, which was a lot of fun. The next day, though, we took Keegan to watch his first movie at a theater. We had been reading the Lorax, Dr. Seuss’s environmentalist book, and he loved it, and since the new movie came out the previous day, we took him to watch it.
He was excited. Now, since we are dealing with Keegan, we did not dare take him to a regular movie theater, let alone a 3d one. Last time I tried to take him, he talked the whole movie, and would not stay still at all. So, we went to a drive-in, which I love. I was surprised they showed the movie at the same time it was released in regular theaters, but happy it was. So we headed up to Santee and secured our spot. The wait was a little difficult for Keegan, but we had a picnic and that killed time. The movie started at 7.30, a little late for our little guy, but Keegan staid awake. He loved it and really enjoyed the experience. In fact, despite the fact that he was so tired he was almost falling over, he wanted to stay and watch the double feature. of course that was a NO.
I really liked it too: definitely a lot more than the original TV classic (which Keegan hated). Great animation and very fun voice-overs. I could have done without the singing, but overall we had fun.
The next day, was another fun, if not Seuss-related, day. We bought 2 for 1 tickets for Legoland in December, and we need needed to use them before they expired this week. So we headed up to Carlsbad, and had a fun day at the park. The weather was beautiful, and Keegan showed an amazing resistance. We went to many rides, and he mostly waited patiently. We started with the boat tour which was a great way to kick the day off.
looking stylish with his tiger glasses (the only ones he would wear)
Then it was off to the roller coaster, which he loved…even if he was literally speechless on the first high speed dip. He still seems to be an adrenaline junkie, so I am looking forward to visit Magic Mountains with him.
He also had fun in the small driving course, and on the sky rider, which is, somewhat the most popular ride. Not sure why: it does not seems worth 45 minutes wait to me.
Unfortunately the Star Wars area was under construction, but we had time to squeeze in lunch and a few more rides in. On the way home, he wanted to pose with the Lego Family.
After a great nap, we just relaxed at home, and concluded the weekend with our planned Dr. Seuss meal: green eggs and ham. Keegan helped prepare them, pouring green coloring into the eggs.
Finally it was time to eat. I have to say it does looks weird to eat green eggs, and it took a couple of minutes for Keegan to try them out. But at the end, he realized the he did indeed liked them. … “I do like green eggs and ham…thank you thank you Sam I am.”
