Champion Baby

Over the past weekend Alina did 4 Restaurants, 2 Zoos, 1 Park, 2 Museums, and the film Cosmic Collisions at the Hayden Planetarium. Through all of it she just looked around, being enlightened. She even slept through a really awful rendition of Take My Breath Away from the plug-in piano guy at Restaurant #4 on Mother's Day. And, as it turns out, Alina really likes Egyptian sculptures. Lots of eye candy at the Met, who knew? I think we'll definitely go back there. Lots of diverse shapes, images, and lighting - Alina was enthralled. We stayed away from the paintings and stuck with the 3D stuff like Egypt, Medieval, etc. She was so full of culture by the end of it that she slept all through a dinner for eight.

Cosmic Collisions marked Alina's first movie experience. We weren't sure if it was a good idea at the time, and in hindsight we barely made it out alive. But luckily the (really really bad) film was only 20 minutes long. She made a few grunts when the lights went out and the seats started subwoofing. But we prepared for this by sitting in an isolated section of the theater and Katrina whipped out Lefty. She actually fell asleep, but of course the moon had to be formed via collision and the comets (No! Not the comets!) had to hit the earth. We just held her ears and hoped for the best. It was the first time I felt anxiety from cheesy CGI. I was hoping the Earth would dodge the asteroids. Oh well, we survive.