The Lane Family: May 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009

Kidspace

For Memorial Day we took the boys to the Kidspace museum in Pasadena. It was a cute little place! Warning: this post had ALOT of photos, I guess I felt like I had to document everything cuz we'd never been there and there was alot of different things to do there. This is how cool the entrance is:

The first thing the boys did was build with giant shapes

I thought this place was gonna be lame cuz these shapes were just on a carpet under a canopy in the middle of a dirt field but it got better.

Inside there were lots of climbing areas to pretend you're a bug

Here Nate is learning about erosion

Ryan and Nate doing more climbing:

Nate in front of a bee hive:

There were lots of bugs and bug/garden-themed things inside

Outside there were fun bikes to ride:

And water play areas

Outdoor climbing things:

Playing drums with water guns:

Anytime water pops up out of the ground my boys love it!

There was tons of "nature stuff" outside

Ahh a rare treat: a semi-decent picture of mommy and the boys!

It was a fun place, I'd totally go back. It only cost $8 each to get in (I found a coupon online) and they had a nice place to eat lunch (mmm... chili fries) and it wasn't too crowded!

Saturday, May 23, 2009

My nephew rocks!

On Saturday we all went to see my nephew Blake's band perform at a church in Upland. (the photos look weird cuz they were super dark and I lightened them)

Blake's band is called Silhouette Symphony and they are all high school age kids that rock hard. It's weird feeling so out of touch with what "the young kids" are into now. Like people "moshed" when we went to shows but the kids now do this crazy "weedwacker" style of dance where they fling their arms all around and kick backwards and flip into each other. It's WAY dangerous! Man it feels weird to be "old." Anyways if you're bored check out his band http://www.myspace.com/silhouettesymphony the singing style is... interesting.

Check out Blake's awesome neon skinny short shorts:

Nate was into the show, I couldn't get him to dance with me but he was excited to be there. Zach on the other hand HATED the loudness of the music and was dying to leave.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Zach's Y2 Portraits

Normally Zach is so bad at getting portraits done that I have to LAY DOWN on the floor and have him sit on my stomach so he will stay in front of the cameras. So our last few have only been headshots.

This time I had some tricks that totally worked, we had tons of good photos to pick from. First was brand new light up shoes that he'd never worn so he kept jumping up and down and thought it was so funny. The second was bringing the new motorcycle that Auntie Darlene and Auntie Debbie got him - worked perfectly!