Today started off very early for the boys. At 11pm last night, Stephen woke them up to take them to Toys'r'Us for a special Midnight release of the new Star Wars Clone Wars toys. Last night, after I left Nordstroms, I drove my TRU and there were already about 10 people camped out in line. By the time Stephen and the boys arrived at 11:30, there were 50 and by the time TRU opened at midnight, well over 100 people in line to buy Star Wars toys.

Apparently it was mayhem when they opened the doors and all of these grown men rushed into the store to fill their carts with the new collectibles. I am sure some of them were buying them to resell later on eBay but many were getting them for their own collections. LOL Stephen and I joked that in 20 years that will be our sons in line. *yikes*

Jax, Dex and Cars made a bee line for the Lego and they each purchased one. Jax bought a big one that he had been saving up for ages to buy. Cars and Dex each bought smaller ones since they did not have nearly as much money as Jax. They also got free posters with their purchases. It was clearly not the same as the HP book 7 release party that we attended last year but still something that they were so excited to attend.

Sadly, no one slept in this morning.

Later today, we went to the Big Software Company's annual picnic. It was muggy and I ended up with a migraine. The lines seemed much longer than usual this year but the boys still had a fantastic time. We are almost at the stage though where the little kid rides are too small for Jax yet the big kid rides are too big for Cars (and some for Dex). I think next year we will have to split up for the rides and slides.