We attended a viewing of Mickey’s Space Adventure, about Mickey going up into space with his friends Donald, Minnie, Goofy and Pluto. He meets a space version of himself, called Martian Mickey, which looks like him in every way but is green. It was a bit Fringe for me, like how Olivia Dunham from the series has another self in a parallel universe. But I digress.
The place was set up like a mini theatre, and the entire event was kept informal, which was great since Ellery was restless and I had to keep chasing him.
Before the cartoon started Asher said he wanted to eat cake, so grabbed a piece then plonked himself on the arm rests of two adjacent sofas. He then held that piece of cake for the entire 1hr duration of the show and did not eat a single bite. After the show he was talking about the cartoon, looking around the room, etc, while still holding the cake. When it was time to leave I finally asked if he was actually going to eat it and the answer was obviously no. So I ate it. Children increase your calorie count! I mean, it’s a waste to just throw it away!
The cartoon must be quite interesting for kids though, cos Asher could remember quite a bit from the show and talked about it even a few days later. He talked about searching for treasure stars, about a space pirate dog (Space Pirate Pete), and digging for treasure at the ‘X’. It’s going to be screened on 5 Mar, 3pm, if you have Starhub cable channel 311.
Sat like that and held on to that little cake for the entire show!
Meanwhile, Ellery was navigating his own obstacle course
Place was set up like a mini theatre
Boys in their Mickey hats...crappy crappy camera
One of the cool things from the goody bag we received was genuine astronaut ice-cream. I was fascinated! At the same time I couldn’t help but wonder, “is really what they eat?” It may be exciting being an astronaunt, but the food sure sucks. First, the ice cream isn’t cold. It is brittle and crumbly when you open the packet, powder dry when you first bite it, it starts to ‘melt’ but I think the actual process is that it is soaking up moisture from saliva, then it kinda sticks all over the mouth for a bit until you swallow. Initially it tastes a little like regular Walls ice-cream but later just tastes like processed rubbish. I think if I were an astronaut I’d stick to sweets and chocolate. Still, it was fun trying it :)
Very cool astronaut ice cream
The event was held at the Science Centre so we wandered around for a while after. There was one quite interesting exhibit which aged your photo so you can see what you may look like in future. The stress on may is mine, cos I’m seroiusly hoping the thing ain’t accurate!!
Asher as a young adult
Ellery as a young adult
Me when I'm old
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