Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Fireman Gage

A few months ago, I heard about a Firehouse Museum, located in mid-town Houston that houses vintage fire trucks and is actually an old firehouse itself.

Of course, Gage is into anything related to Fireman (Fireman Sam, fire trucks, sirens, smoke,...) so much so that we actually stopped alongside a subdivision one day after he saw five different trucks tending to an emergency.

Anyway, a few weeks ago, Gage and I headed to the Firehouse Museum and had a blast. Besides being able to walk through an old firehouse and look through vintage firetrucks, we played around in the interactive room. This room had an old firepole, uniforms and hats (for the kiddos), and a mockup of the cab of a firetruck, with working lights. While the vintage stuff was cool, we spent a majority of the time in the interactive room, fighting fake fires and sliding down poles.

Another Full Weekend

Not being all that religious, I really haven't pushed any form of structured religion on the little man. However, both Xuan and I feel that Gage should be open to all cultures and know a little bit about his extended family.

In the past few weeks, we've taken him to both Chinese and Hindu Temples in Houston. Houston has a fairly large population from both India and China, resulting in some fairly spectacular building. There's a relatively new Hindu Temple in Sugarland that is just jaw dropping amazing. The Swaminarayan Mandir was built, block by block, by artisans in India, using techniques dating back centuries. Each of those blocks were shipped to Houston and assembled, resulting the one of the largest hindu temples in the world. Pictures just don't do it any justice.

Anyway, the little man had a great time.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Happy 3rd Birthday

Another year has passed and the little man is another year older. We had a birthday party at the local Acrosports in Webster with about 15 of his friends. The morning started off with Gage shaving...
... and filling up on waffles...



... having a swinging good time at the party...



... followed by some cake...



... and more cake...



... and finally opening of his presents.



Happy Birthday Gage!