Star Wars at NCMLS

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I sure hope Boba Fett will bring Joey back soon:-)

As we arrived at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, we were greeted by the Carolina Ghostbuster crew who were very happy to oblige us a photograph.  I had the kids chanting, "Who you gonna call?  Ghostbusters!" as we approached them.  Time to get out the Halloweeen CD for the van which has that song on it!  Also time for the kids to watch the movie for the first time.

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This is my absolute favorite shot of the day, but don't tell the other kids;-)

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I'm not sure what group hosts the green screen shots, but I heard the person running the activity say that he made over 1000 pics yesterday among 10 different backgrounds.  The real version of this pic will be available for download tomorrow.  This is a picture I took of it on the big projection screen in the room and then adjusted for noise and color.

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Now, the main pull of the event is probably all the members of the 501st Carolina Garrison who come dressed in Star Wars attire and pose with the utmost patience over and over again all day to the delight of young Star Wars fans.  I always come away with some great pics of the kids and the characters!

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You're only a kid once, right?  They talked me into these glowing light sticks at the gift shop:-)

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I also got a lot of heartwarming pics of the kids throughout the museum in and out playing.  Since the boys are now with their dad every other weekend, Madi doesn't get to see them quite as often as she used to.  It's such a delight, though, when they're together now.

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It was just shy of 60 yesterday and drizzly for a good part of the day, so sweatshirts were a part of our day when we were outside on the train and walking around Explore the Wild.

The following pics were taken inside the Magic Wings Butterfly House.  I never fail to walk away with some good shots from there.

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Outside the butterfly house...

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An idea for Halloween?  Even moms can have fun too...

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Well, 798 pics later, 229 saved and processed as best as I could, it's a wrap for this year.  Oh wait, they kids want to go back for day 2!  R2D2 was not there yesterday but will be there today.