Happy 15th Birthday, Graham!

Can you believe this kid is now 15 years old?!  Where has the time gone!

On this birthday, we decided to drive into city for the Member's Night at the Griffin Museum (of Science and Industry).  Unbeknownst to me, it would take over 1 hour and 50 minutes to get to the museum!!

Thankfully we made it on time to the Flight Simulator:

Some quick training and the boys are strapped in!

It's a 2-person flight and we had 4 tickets, so the boys swapped seats between pilot and gunner:

It was funny listening to the boys inside the pod, especially when Graham was piloting. You can hear Charlie screaming and they ended up doing a 360 degree turn. Too bad I turned the video off just before that!

Okay, time to head over to the Spiderman exhibit:

Charlie and his crazy eyes. Let's do this again. There, much better - sort of.  Ha!

This Spiderman exhibit is so cool!!

Graham used to be such a Spiderman fan:

Although, he wasn't as enthusiastic as Charlie to pretend with the web-shooters :-)

It was really neat how the Museum portrayed these comics.  The technology was really cool!

That was fun, and now back into the museum for the bigger things - like this big airplane overhead!

And we love this section here:

We finally had a chance to try this wind tunnel.  It was quite chilly in it!

In another section of the museum, a tractor with big wheels:

I didn't take a photo - but did you know what cows don't have upper front teeth?? I'm not sure how that will be helpful to know.  LOL!!

Okay, time for a dessert birthday:

We actually sang Graham a song but I totally messed up with my video recording:

After dessert, we are back in the car.  And it's time to open up presents.  First off, new underwear for this now bigger kid:

Another copper bracelet, as his other one is cracked:

It took almost 1.5 hours to get home, with all the construction along the way.  Urgh!

Now that we are home, more presents to open up.  Almost all of these were on Graham's "birthday list" - which was an extension of his Christmas list.  This kid, I tell you!

Protective covers for his VR (virtual reality) headset and handles:

Although, this book was obviously not on his list.  At some point, I hope he reads it.  He said he would do it "later".  Pha!

He was happier with this one - a remote control for flying drones (on his computer):

Can you believe this kid was this kid 14 years ago??

Ha, what a cutie pie!

Well, hope this summer goes well for Graham.  We are having him take one summer course, which will count for high school credits.  He still continues to harp on buying a new drone - which would have been bought by now if his grades were better. Hope Graham learns get his priorities right soon!