MISSISSIPPI COMIC CON

We took the kids to their first Comic Con today. It was our first Comic Con too. And it was fun! It was a LONG, hot wait to get inside (next year we'll go early, or after lunch), but it was worth it. We saw lots of fun characters (and kinda wished we'd all dressed up too, but then, the heat was too much and we'd have all been so uncomfortable) and the kids surprisingly didn't ask for anything (though we did get them each one souvenir anyway). After a couple hours there, we went to our favorite Jackson restaurant (Pig-N-Pint) for a late lunch, then ran some errands up at the Renaissance and let the kids play in the splashpad. It was just a feel good family day and I'm grateful we had it!

Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson was on site (we saw him, but didn't wait in line for an autograph)

Wearing our matching pearl necklaces (Robyn sent one of the ones that you open the shell to discover to Cora for her birthday, and Cora was thrilled because I happen to have the same one, which Jay gave to me back when we were dating)

Daddy took one for the team and sent us back to the air conditioned van for 20 minutes while he stood in the sun

The kids were too scared to pose with the Ghostbusters (and they hadn't even seen the movie yet!)

We found a Back to the Future Delorean! (For $10 we could have sat in it...)

James was borderline obsessed with the Dr. Who booth. We don't watch the show, but he plays the characters on Lego Dimensions, so he wanted lots of photos with the robots and blue booth.

Couldn't resist ;-)

We should have bought this for her... If only it was cold here for longer than 2 weeks...

I turned around and caught her making faces at cute little porcelain dragons... I didn't ask...

Harry Potter wands! But for $30 a piece, we figure we can make our own if/when the kids become obsessed with the series.

Cora's souvenir. (Come on Grambot, you know it's fitting...) James picked out a MineCraft keychain. Even though he doesn't own a single key...