Carrie Keeps Me Guessing

Shane and I got home today to find our house had formally declared our allegiance to the United Federation of Planets.

Carrie used a toy Aragorn sword as the flag pole. "...One to unite them all!"

Games, Games, Games!

I refuse to play Monopoly Junior anymore. I don't really want to play Monopoly either. I guess it's a good thing I have so many other board games.

I'll play the occasional card game of War or Go Fish, but there are much much better games out there!

I introduced Shane to Imperial Assault earlier this week. He's got zero clue about tactics, but loves the models and making sound effects. I'm just glad I got to use it! I got it from a fantastic sale, but it was a shelf decoration up until this point.

The variety of games help me avoid the games I don't want to play. Shane's been so busy with school, activities, playing outside, and the new games he hasn't asked me to play Pokemon at home in weeks.

I did play the last time we went to League Night. We stopped by this week on the way to Costco. I didn't expect to see any kids there, but Dick and his grandson, Brett, were playing.

We ended up staying an hour.

I don't know how often other kids (or we) will show up to League Night this school year, but it's nice when it does work out.

Yup, Shane still likes after school playing.

"Can I play more?'

Shane wasn't ready to leave when I showed up Tuesday. He had a robot to finish. I pulled out my phone and gave him 10 minutes.

I don't worry about rushing to pick Shane up from afterschool care. He seems to enjoy it.

I did decide to try and grow his inner geek some. I pulled out Star Trek Panic to show Shane. I figured he'd like to spin around the Enterprise and shoot Romulans.

Good thing I remembered most of the rules. Carrie had put on some Star Trek Monday and Shane watched it with her (I think he'll watch anything so long as it's on TV). I think she should put it on more.

Birds and the Bees

Carrie re-introduced the birds and the bees via Star Trek. Mr. Worf delivered a baby.

Booooook!

I caught Carrie reading! She said it's Star Trek, so it doesn't count. I hope the habit has traction.

The recliner was a Godsend.

Star Trekkin

Can you guess who went to see the new Star Trek movie on the IMAX screen at the Air and Space Museum?

One of Carrie's oldest friends, Charles, came down for the weekend with his fiance, Jenn. Charles and Carrie used to be part of the same Star Trek sim-ing club back in the day (under 14.4 baud!) My wife arranged for a babysitter, and we (mostly) enjoyed the new Star Trek! It was a fun bang-'em up lights show that I'd rate a B to an A for any non-fan.

Carrie and Charles both had their own strong opinions!

My wife insists that the first reboot is a good 'fan fic.' Way back when (in a galaxy far away), my wife and I went on a date. It was later than 8:00 PM, and we went to see the first Star Trek reboot premiere on the IMAX at the Air and Space Museum on a work night. While the rest of the theater cheered at the end, my wife turned to me with tears in her eyes. She told me that the movie essentially destroyed everything canon from all the subsequent series, because of the way time travel works in the franchise.

No Next Generartion, no Deep Space 9, and especially no Voyager.

Carrie was one unhappy camper.

She eventually came to the "it's a good fan-fic" resolution, so that she can enjoy the reboots while knowing the real timeline is still in effect elsewhere.

God, I love my wife. Thanks for sending her my way!

I believe one of the best solutions to deal with any situation is enthusiasm. The more you have the more epic things get.

My wife engineered the whole adventure. My sole contribution was "Let's go get a picture in front of the shuttle!"

PS - Carrie actually enjoyed the movie for the most part (in case you're wondering). She was pissed about switching the ethnicity of a certain character and swore the original actor was "rolling in his grave!"

PPS - Charles is welcome to visit any time. He introduced Shane and I to elevated train tracks. Shane was calling his name out and dragging him over to the train table every chance he got! My train track engineering skills have risen to a new level, as well!