Ben's Birthday Party

I couldn't decide what to do for my birthday party, so we waited until early February when I could figure it out. We ended up going to see Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D. It was totally awesome.

Naturally, it was a Star Wars theme.


Aaron had to leave early, so we took his picture separately.


Here's everyone else - everyone left in a Star Wars T-shirt.



Love,
Ben

Star Wars In Concert

Today, Dad and I went to see Star Wars In Concert. It was really cool.

Here I am with Boba Fett.


And Darth Vader himself!


Hanging with some Ewoks.


And then on Endor!


Then I jumped over to Tattooine.


Han Solo in carbonite!


Me and the Death Star!


What the concert looked like.


Anthony Daniels, who was C3PO, narrated the music.





Love,
Ben

May the 4th (Be With You)

In celebration of Star Wars Day, we made this funny video on JibJab. Click here to check it out!



Love,
Ainsley, Ben and Cameron

A Halloween Preview

Love,
Darth Vader

When I Wish Upon a Star...

...I would wish for the Star Wars LEGO Death Star.


Love,
Cameron

Light Saber Battles

One thing we have been doing over spring break is making "movies" of our Star Wars figures having light saber battles.





Love,
Ben and Cameron

X-Wing and TIE Fighter

The parts that were missing in my LEGO Christmas presents finally came this week, so we finished building the X-Wing fighter and the TIE fighter. Here are some pictures you might like to see.








Love,
Ben

Imperial Star Destroyer: Progress Report 3 - The Final Report

I am proud to report that the Imperial Star Destroyer is complete! We spent 3-4 hours last night, and another 3 this morning and we're done!

As you can see from early this morning, we had completed most of the command center last night.


I got back to work first thing this morning.


Success!






Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
Ben

Imperial Star Destroyer: Progress Report 2

Neither of us had school today, so we were up and at it pretty early. Here is our progress to date.




One more day of work, and I think we'll be there.

Love,
Ben

Imperial Star Destroyer: Progress Report 1

Aunt Michelle, Uncle Jayson and Hayden got me a LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer for my birthday. Here is a picture of our progress after two nights of work.


Here is a picture of how the pieces we have left!



Love,
Ben

A Sneak Preview of Our Halloween Costumes

Last night we tried on our Halloween costumes. Here is a sneak peak.

Clone Ben


Jedi Cameron


The Dynamic Duo Together


The Dynamic Duo, but the little one used the Force to lower his hood



Love,
Ben and Cameron

Our Review of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Daddy took us to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars last weekend. It is a cartoon that is really designed as a lead into the animated series that will premier on Cartoon Network later this fall. We read the chapter book before hand, so we had a pretty good idea what the story was. Here is a sampling of our reactions leaving the movie theater:

"It was awesome."
"Can we go buy the DVD?"
"When will it be out on DVD?"
"Can we go see it again?"
"I think Mommy would really like it."

Daddy said something that the animation wasn't all that great, but I think he liked it anyhow, as he's a Star Wars nerd. He also mentioned that some other critics didn't like it due to something called a lack of character development, but Daddy pointed out that we've known these characters our entire lives, so how much more did we really need to know about them? Let's not forget it's a cartoon aimed at introducing the under 10 set to Star Wars, ok?

Anyhow, we're really looking forward to the TV show. In the meantime, Cameron made some characters out of paper. Here is Obi-Wan Kenobi.


Here is Ventress. She is a new character in the Clone Wars.


Here is an ewok. While not in the Clone Wars, he still loves them.





Love,
Ben and Cameron

Star Wars T-Shirt Day 2008

You might recall a similar picture from 2007. This time, it took us three tries to get it right.





Love,
Ben and Cameron

Star Wars: Where Science Meets Sassy Boys

We went to see the Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit at the Minnesota Science Museum yesterday.

Right when you get in, there was a section of magnetic levitation. We built a lego ship that floated on magnetic rails. We also got to ride a space ship that floated on air.




There were a lot of spaceship models that we could see and they had some amazing detail.






We also got our pictures next to a lot of costumes and droids. We were much smaller than everyone and everything, except for Artoo-Detoo, Anakin Skywalker as a boy and of course, Yoda.








After a meltdown in the souvenir shop, we saw some of the rest of the museum. We got to see some dinosaur skeletons and we both got to pilot a tug boat on the Mississippi.






It was pretty neat, but Mommy and Daddy thought we were pretty naughty.


Love,
Ben and Cameron