Up, Up, and Away!

One day in April, I asked Ryan, “If Comic Con ever came to Denver, would you want to go?”

“Yes, of course.” :-)

Two or three days later, Ryan and Ryley heard a spot on the radio advertising Comic Con. We did some research to make sure it would be appropriate for Ryley and also found that the tickets were really affordable (Ryley’s was free!). I chose not to go. I would rather clean our house than go to Comic Con, but I’m glad they got to go nerd out together for a little while!

So Saturday, they got up early and were just two of the 48,000 people who attended the event over the weekend. Ryley dug out an old Halloween costume and went as SuperGirl, which she was very excited about. Ryan dressed normally and said he was probably one of 20 people he saw who were dressed with no reference to a character whatsoever. But in his heart? He was SuperGirl’s dad.

See, people think we have this sweet, bookish daughter. They don’t see what we see…the silliness…. ;-)

Where’s Waldo? Seriously….Where’s Waldo? He’s in this picture…

When they got home, I asked all kinds of questions like, “Did you see any Lord of the Rings characters?”

Ryan said, “No, wrong genre. Not a comic book….”

“Right. But still nerd. Most of the people there like Lord of the Rings.”

He just sighed. He’s so sweet to put up with my lack of knowledge. :-)

And yet, looky here….Herbie! Just this spring, Ryley and I had a marathon of every Herbie movie ever made! I think it would have been nice to see Herbie, you know, in the flesh.

The Tardis, from Doctor Who. Ryan just finished a Doctor Who marathon on Netflix!

Clark Kent’s telephone booth

SuperGirl joins the Avengers!

They had so much fun, and Ryley thanked her daddy over and over again for taking her. With all the weird costumes and uber nerds they saw, they returned home with many stories to tell! ;-)