Since I am off this week, we told Rudy we would be on vacation. He immediately wanted to know where we were going. So we told him it was a home vacation. He has been pretty happy with this idea; I'm a little concerned how he's going to do when we have to go back next week. Today we decided to go to the aquarium. We saw on the website that there was a Rudolph and friends display, which Rudy was very excited about. As usual, when we got to the aquarium, Rudy zoomed through the displays in record time. I think we could have left after 45 minutes and he would have seen everything. Fortunately, there was a movie I had tickets for, so we had to stay around for that. We also got to see a show about the Bumble lighting the Christmas tree (if you don't know this reference, go immediately and watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer).
After seeing one of the ares of the aquarium, we finally found the Rudolph display where Rudy wanted his picture taken with all the characters.
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As I was getting tickets for the 4D movie, Rudy found a friend.
A brief moment where Rudy stood still long enough to take a picture.
The show required some audience participation and Rudy's hand went right up. He also had no problem doing what he was asked (well, as well as any of the other kids did). He had a sign that said "Red-Nosed Reindeer" and when the elf said "Rudolph" he was to hold up his sign and the audience was supposed to say "Red-Nosed Reindeer". He didn't look happy doing it, but later could tell me what all the signs were and what character they referred to.
Look closely and you can see the Bumble hiding behind the pillar.
The Bumble putting the star on the tree.
After the show, greeting the Bumble.
Getting ready for the 4D show. See how happy he looks? That would soon change.
As I was getting tickets for the 4D movie, Rudy found a friend.
A brief moment where Rudy stood still long enough to take a picture.
Thinking about the power of the throne, I think.
The show required some audience participation and Rudy's hand went right up. He also had no problem doing what he was asked (well, as well as any of the other kids did). He had a sign that said "Red-Nosed Reindeer" and when the elf said "Rudolph" he was to hold up his sign and the audience was supposed to say "Red-Nosed Reindeer". He didn't look happy doing it, but later could tell me what all the signs were and what character they referred to.
Look closely and you can see the Bumble hiding behind the pillar.
The Bumble putting the star on the tree.
After the show, greeting the Bumble.
Getting ready for the 4D show. See how happy he looks? That would soon change.
The show was a movie called Earth, that Rudy has seen parts of in other movies. It was 4D so occasionally there was water being squirted out from the front of the seat, and air being blown from behind. As soon as it started, Rudy was not happy and told me he wanted to leave, then said he wanted to hide behind me. I held him in my lap and he made it through the movie just fine. I managed to put my foot over the spray in front of us and when he was sitting on my lap, he couldn't feel the air from behind us, so he was happier. But he didn't like the sound of the air coming out and wouldn't wear his glasses for the movie. I would imagine the picture was pretty blurry without it, but he enjoyed the movie anyway.
