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So it rained today, and our planned day to Disneyland was canceled. What to do? I couldn’t find any ideas online. Freakin’ Google.

Well, wouldn’t you know it, Deanna reminded me that the California Science Center was hosting an awesome exhibit on the science of Star Wars. Go to their website for more information. I took some smoking shots, so you can also hit my Zooomr page to see those photos. We had a great time, and it was inside.

I had to spend a gazillion hours on the road, but that was worth the cost. I got to see some of the original models those guys in Van Nuys used to blue screen the best movie family ever.

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You know, when it rains, kids actually get crazier. I’m sure that it has been documented somewhere.

It’s raining today in Southern California. We were going to hit Disneyland, but that doesn’t work with 4 kids under 8. The Princess is a trooper, she has no problem perservering. The Padawan and the Wookie, however, are totally wimps. I love them, but they wimp-out at the first sign of discomfort. Dragging around a 3 and 5 year old at Disneyland is no fun.

So, we’re trapped at home. I jumped online this morning, googling “rainy day fun” but found nothing but more wimping out. I’m sick of suggestions for making lame crafts at home, fearing a little rain on the head. Where’s the, “I’m not afraid of the weather-idea’s”? I want the rainy day activity website for Seattle-ites.

Maybe something will come up and I’ll get some photos. Check back tomorrow.

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This last Sunday we took the kids to Disneyland. We wanted to check out the Christmas decorations. Additionally our passes have blackout dates from the middle of December until the first week in January.

We took the opportunity to watch the new Jedi Training Academy show. It takes place in Tomorrowland, at the large open seating restaurant. It’s a pretty cool show. We are a Star Wars obsessed family, and so anything Jedi is mandatory for us.

The Padawan was selected to go up on stage, and he had the chance to learn from some real Jedi masters. He had a 12″ grin the whole time. I was pretty excited for him too.

Then, at the end, Darth Vader and Darth Maul come out of the stage and challenge the Jedi. Pretty dramatic, some small kids even cried. Not my boys though, they’d take on the whole Army of the Empire, if given the chance.

To close out the show, they lined up these new Jedi Padawan learners and gave them each a chance to hack at a Darth. You’ll see below, The Padawan gave Darth Maul a taste of his hard core Jedi skills.

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