Anders was feeling a bit better--enough that he wanted to make pudding with some of his new cooking kit supplies.
Mmmmmm. Pudding.
Then we went to Chabot Space and Science Center for the second year in a row, for the balloon drop celebration at the GMT New Year. First we had time to see a Planetarium show and to enjoy the exhibits, including getting to take a trip to the Moon.
OK, they really didn't go to the moon. We really couldn't even get a good picture, because Erik didn't quite get the timing of the jump. We had fun, though!
At a few minutes before 4pm, we gathered below the balloons. It was soon clear that the big balloon drop area was a bit too overwhelming for Anders. It was designed for kids 6 and up, but we wanted to stay together. I gathered him up and went to the small room for the smaller kids, where he was still reserved, but much happier.
Interestingly, they dropped the balloons for the little kids about 4 minutes early, so we did get to watch (from the outside of the ring) the big drop as well.
Here's Erik looking up
at the balloons
almost ready to drop
After the drop, the kids are supposed to step on their balloon, pop it, grab the little slip of paper that was inside, and exchange it for a prize. Anders got freeze-dried ice cream, which he was very excited about until he realized it wasn't cold. No amount of coaxing could get him to even sample it. Erik got stickers, which he loved, and we managed to turn up an extra balloon, getting a pencil for Anders instead.
On the way home we stopped for some cold ice cream as a special New Year's Eve treat for Anders (Erik had soy ice cream in the freezer at home already). We had a quick dinner and had the privilege of watching the most spectacular sunset of 2007 while we had our ice cream celebration.
I was going to leave with a video of the balloon drop, but after waiting for 30 minutes for it to upload, I decided it just isn't that exciting.
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