We all went to Eden Valley Nature Center today for a picnic with Heidi's dad's side of the family. It was a dang long drive--about 3 hours by the time it was all said and done. It's just south of Baldwin, Iowa which I think redefines the word "podunk." It was a pretty good time. Not being much of an outdoorsy type guy, I spent a lot of time reading and chit-chatting with various family members while Heidi, Anna and her sister went for a hike around the place. That just wasn't something I was in the mood for today.
On the way home, we stopped at Toys R Us because we'd never taken Anna there before plus the fact that we needed to wake her up if we ever hoped for her to sleep tonight. We walked around for a while and I must say that I find the current state of kids' toys deplorable. But I did run across something pretty cool that I picked up for myself. It's an Alien figure, complete with egg and two facehuggers. Here's a picture. Heidi kind of looked at me like I was on drugs for wanting that, but hey, it's cool. Anna, of course, is fascinated by it. She talks about how it's a "scary guy with sharp teeth." The facehuggers are "spiders" and the alien is "angry now." She's my daughter, that's for sure.
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