Brick Con 2013

For some reason, we did not attend this event last year...but I was happy to go again.  Mom, Dad, and I left our house early Sunday morning.  We found street parking and walked over to Exhibition Hall in Seattle Center.  There were hardly any lines!  We strolled right in to see the magic.

 I found some Minecraft characters: the cow, pig and the zombie.  Nice!

There were lots of "Lord of the Rings"scenes.  Fortunately, I am familiar with the story because Mom and I have played the Lego Xbox game.  The first scene was "Helm's Deep".

Then there was Hobbiton.....

I got really good at squeezing through people to see things.  There was also "Rivendell"

The detail was amazing!

Seattle icons.

My parents found this funny.  It was a Lady Gaga concert.  The dancers and Lady G on stage all moved.  It was very clever.

Mom remembered this builder, Alice Finch, from two years ago.  She started building Hogwart's School.  She had really added to the original school.  Her level of detail was incredible.

Mom was happy to see some impressive scenes built by women.  Here is another...a monastery built in the Himalayas.

The lady above, Anu, built this !  Wow!

Buy this time, the $20 of spending money that I had was burning a hole in my pocket and wanted to go to the Lego market place.

I can't eat WHAT?!!!!!! IBS Treatment Center and Center for Food Allergies

Earlier this year, my Dad got confirmation from this clinic that he has several food allergies.  My parents decided to take me and have me tested to see if I had similar allergies.    I gave blood mid August and the results came last week.  My parents decided to meet with Dr. Baker for a consultation. 

 It turns out that I have more allergies than my Dad!  I can no longer eat wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, and pineapple.  It will be a change.  My parents keep asking me to try new things.  The hardest thing to give up will be dairy.  I really love milk and Annie's Mac & Cheese.

First Grade- First Day

I started at the Bridge School on Tuesday, September 3rd.  I was excited to get back to school.  This year, I have Teacher Christie.

 The first day of school this year was gloomy.  It had been raining, that's why this picture looks so grey.

 Here is my teacher.  I know Christie from last year.

I told Mom that I would see her later, and that I was totally fine.

Teaching Minecraft To Max

Monorail Ride to Seattle Center

Seattle Center

With my cousins Jack & Gavin in town, my family and I went to Seattle Center on Sunday.

First Stop on the Seattle tour-Pike Place Market!  The pig was the best part.  I found the market crowded and boring.  Jack was in a good mood, but cousin Gavin was grumpy.  Even on the pig!

We bought tickets for the Space Needle.  We had to wait a half hour until we could go up.  Uncle Colin took pictures of us in front of the EMP.

It was a good sunny day to go up on the Space Needle.

To get to the elevators-you have to walk up a spiral ramp.  There's Mom, me and Dad way in the back wearing the bright blue shirt.

It was a lot of fun on top!  I could see islands, cruise ships, trucks, buildings, & ferries!

Afterwards, we got to climb on a sculpture.  It was a little high for my taste.

Then off to the fountain!!!  Jack & I had a blast!

Dad bought me some cotton candy.  It was so much fun.

Mt. Rainier-Paradise

My cousins from Chicago came for a visit.  Their first day, we took them the Mt. Rainier.

 Uncle Colin took lots of pictures of us with his big camera.

 The alpine flowers were blooming.

 At the visitor center we found a cool model of Mt. Rainier.

 We did climb up behind the visitor center for awhile.  I needed lots of breaks .

 When we finally decided to stop going up.  Jack and I took a picture with Tha tha. (Gavin did not make it up as far.)

 I was happy to walk back down.  We went and got a cool drink.

 Mom wanted us to see the historic Paradise Lodge next door.

This was the most impressive smile that I could muster.  I was really tired.  We had a two hour drive home.