2007 – China
2008 – Austin, TX
2009 – Augusta, GA
2010 – Orlando, FL
2011 – Fort Worth, TX
- I am thankful that we have been blessed with the ability to visit with Nadia’s “China Friends” for our yearly reunions.
Thankful Thursday
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Toy & Action Figure Museum
There are tons of photos in here so it’s just for the die hard fans 🙂
On our way to China Heritage Camp in Tulsa we stopped in Pauls Valley, OK to take the girls to the Toy & Action Figure Museum. Mike had taken Nadia last year when I was in Pauls Valley for a World Vision meeting and Nadia wasn’t hooked on Batman yet so we thought it would be a great stop and fun surprise for her. The back room is made up like a Bat Cave and they have every imaginable Batman thing ever created. We spent a lot of time in there just looking at all the items. I had a pocket full of quarters, but unfortunately the Batmobile wasn’t working so the girls just played like they were driving.
A really cool feature of the place is the Adult Collectors Bedroom Diorama. The attention to detail on this display was amazing. Mike got photos of almost everything and some of the toys were fun reminders of toys we had as kids.
The girls in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Jeep.
Amelie as a Transformer.
The place has a bunch of different displays and at the end there is a play area for the kids. They have costumes and all kinds of toys. All in all it’s a neat little place and the staff was very friendly.
Mike and the girls – my favorite photo of the day.
2 girls 2 new activties
Nadia often says, “Mommy, can we do a craft?” And after our long days on the road and in hotels I knew she would be asking soon after we were home again. So I broke out the playdough for Amelie for the first time. She thought it was really fun and I could tell she enjoyed mashing it around in her hands. I am amazed to say that she didn’t try to eat it; honestly I expected that she would since eating is her favorite past-time.
Then I introduced Nadia to a beading craft. The most popular name for these are Perler beads, but we bought ours at IKEA. The kids make the designs and then you can use the paper it came with or parchment paper for mom to use between the beads and the iron to melt them into place. Nadia worked very hard off and on until she finished the first one. She was very excited about the end result and has made some for gifts. Of course now I wish I would have snapped some photos of the ones we gave away, but too late.
The container of beads is giant so I know that Nadia will have many more hours of fun and I am sure her designs will get more and more complex. Fun inside activities to beat the Texas heat.