A Special Message and Song from Mimi

At my request, Mimi has recorded a video to share some special messages and songs with you!

And all this was AFTER you guys spent a whole day with Mimi and Pops, so she must REALLY love you!

I am so grateful that some of the most important people in my life love each other and get to be part of each other's lives!

Animal Farm

We love Animals. We love your school. We love summer.

So, over the summer, for one hot week, the Weinsteins volunteered to go up to White Rock Montessori to let the chickens stretch their legs, feed the goats, water the ducks and vegetables, collect any eggs, and have a meltingly good time in the summer sun together as a family.

The results were epic.

We were running around like chickens with our heads still on...with actual chickens!

The ducks wouldn't get out of the chicken coup. The chickens go into their food can and we couldn't get them out. The baby chicks wandered off and we were playing hide and seek with them. The goats- Sally and Isis- were eating everything.

We gathered eggs, we shepherded the flock, we took care of your school, and we made it look good!

Disclosure. I was only able to do this with you guys for two days. You and Mommy did it for 5, I think! I'm so proud! Maybe you'll be farmers when you grow up!

Dallas Comic Con Fan Expo or "Costume Day"

"Hey Julia and Aidan, do you want to dress up in costumes and go to a big comic book place where other people will be dressed up in cosutmes...and R2-D2 will be there?" I asked

Answer: YES!!!!

So we suited up:

Aidan: After putting on Darth Vader and Human Torch, you decided to be ROBIN!

Julia: After discussing being Elsa with a cape, you decided to be Princess Anna!

And I grabbed an old gem of a Halloween costume and was a member of Team Zissou.

None of knew exactly to expect, but boy am I glad we went! And you were too! After all...Julia you got to see tons of princesses and- as you excitedly told everyone- "TWO Wonder Womans!"

You may have been scared of some of the other characters and creatures we saw, but you LOVED WONDER WOMAN and were so very proud to meet her...both of her!

Aidan, you weren't afraid of anything. You got to FIGHT the RANCOR MONSTER with a real Lightsaber!

...and you got to meet VENOM! (whom you wanted to come over to our house to have a sleepover)

I got to meet my favorite character: WOLVERINE!

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..and Wilfred too! But I'm not sure if anyone else saw him.

But that was just part of our adventure! Do you remember all the fun we had when just the three of us set sail for the Dallas Convention Center?

We left home, made it to downtown, and then traversed the ticket-buying situation in a giant empty, patriotic hall:

And then we were off! First stop was Kidzone!

You both made your very own Captain America SHIELDS- and Aidan you cut out your circles all by yourself! 

You played Legos, Aidan, and made friends...

...while Julia and I made a super hero mask:

Then you both made cool LIGHTSABERS!

Then we started to meet heroes, and friends:

We met a lady in a dinosaur costume, some Wolverines, a giant green demon (Julia = not a fan), and some lovely droids, and did some shopping!

After much perusing, Julia you chose a SPIDER-WOMAN comic book, and Aidan, you chose a WAR MACHINE Lego Character. I got a Wolverine Lego character...because I love Wolvie more than some people...

"TRASH BOT!!!"

Family picture; with Vigo the Carpathian

To wrap up a sweet day, we- in costume- frantically ran through the hall because you both decided that suddenly you had to pee really bad ("I'm gonna pee all over the place" Julia cried). I guess you don't notice these types of things when you're having fun!

Then we had Dippin Dots in the shadow of Spider-man, and near the Joker.

You've been telling stories and telling people about our special day together all week. Julia you even called it "Costume Day" :).

And that closes the book on our firs Comicon and firmly cements your status as SUPER KIDS...and definite HEROES!

Epilogue:

War Marchine found his best buddy Iron Man. Aidan, you made a cool rig for them to co-travel in. War-Machine and Iron Man go with Aidan in an altoids tin and sleep with him in his dragon. 

Spider-girl has been flipped through, with many questions, "cools!" and "who's that"s by both Aidan and Julia.

Wolverine  lives at my office (next to blue helmet Batman) so that I can remember this day and our fun adventures with a smile every day I'm apart from you.