superman celebration 2012 & 10yr anniversary

2 things happened over this past weekend.

the 1st was superman celebration. 

each & every summer we look forward to attending superman celebration in metropolis, il (or as 1 friend calls it, "the trop".  seriously.).  this yr was no different, except...it was...different.  this time, the boy came w/ us!  (dun dun duuuuunnnnn!!!)

because of this, i had to trade in most of the MAW Productions booth time for mommy duties.  which was ok, except for the times anakin got a little too excited &, well, let's just say he got into more trouble this past weekend than in the whole 3 yrs of his life.  :/  but it's ok.  he's only 3 & has the attention span of a cat.  there were times i had to take him away from the celebration & go to a park down the street so he could run around & get it all out of his system.  as long as he had fun, rt?  rt!

but we were all happy to see old friends & hang out & eat deliciously bad consession stand food & appreciate all the cool costumes & get sunburns.  let's take a gander @ the festivities, shall we?

the boy & i @ lambert's, on the way to "the trop".

outside lambert's. put more quarters in it! it'll go faster.

an updated pic on the horsey. in 2009, anakin was on this same horse. i'll have to find that pic...

yeah, i don't know either...

the riley's w/ george perez.  gotta love his seizure inducing shirts.

richard, superman, & Turra.  1 of these things is not like the others...

Super Mule!!!  in front of the MAW Productions booth.

marco, choppin it up.

kevin & a sketch for a fan.

eating artery clogging consession stand pizza. mmmmm.

w/ wonder woman (margie cox) & green lantern (michael cox).

w/ green arrow.  this guy's the BEST green arrow i've ever seen.

you know we had to be in front of the huge superman statue.

& what about the 2nd thing that happened?

antone & i celebrated 10yrs of marital bliss.  that's rt.  on june 8th, 2002, @ around 2:30 pm, me & the flavor o' my life sealed the deal in a hot church (ac broke down) in front of family & friends.

& how did we celebrate?  on june 8th, 2012, at around 2:30pm, my husband & i were performing in a Super Mule puppet show w/ the guy who should've been the best man 10yrs ago, kevin williams.  that may sound corny & strange to some, but i thought it was perfect.  we were together (how many couples can even boast THAT, huh?), we were happy, we were doing something we liked doing, & we were w/ friends.  & bam, there ya go.

06.08.02 - "i promise to love, honor, cherish, & ink whatever it is you pencil."

good friday zoo excursion

well, i don't know about you, but i had an AWESOME extended weekend.  got to rest & relax & enjoy my little family, but mostly was happy because we got to see the dinosaurs exhibit at the zoo.

(good) friday 2012...trip to the zoo to see dinosaurs!!!

just like a scene from "land of the lost".

the dinosaurs are too loud.  some1 needs to tell them to use their inside voices.

wait!  what's making that noise back there?

the boy wanted to roar like the dinos.

umm...any1 notice there's a t-rex behind us?

& the gift shop strategically placed at the end of the exhibit.  well played, zoo.  well played indeed.

this outting was a stark contrast from our last zoo adventure in summer 2010. mainly because we stayed longer than 30mins. i promise you, even though the boy got in free because he was 1yr old, we paid $30 for 2 adults. so that was like $1 per minute. not cool.  here's a pic of the boy struggling w/ his daddy at the petting farm.

what can i say?  he wanted to do everything except enjoy the zoo that day.  :(

well ok i don't wanna dwell on darker times.  just happy that this yr the family was able to actually enjoy the zoo for longer than 30mins.  & every day since then, the boy's been saying, "& we gonna go back to the zoo to see dinosaurs!"  :)

& now, i leave you w/ this moment of zen...

it's the circle of life, baby.