sunday, sunday, sunday (monster jam announcer voice)

Last Sunday we all went to 'Monster Jam on the beach' in Wildwood. The weather was beautiful and the kids were great...even the girls who weren't as interested as Connor. Carl's brother Paul, his wife Sherry, and their boys Christian and Carter also went so we met up with them there and ate afterwards at Texas Roadhouse. It was a great family day.

Avenger. Connor's favorite.

This was interesting. Not a Monster Jam truck...it was the halftime entertainment.

Brutus. The only truck that rolled that day.

Connor and his cousin Christian after the show.

Connor held his ears, even with ear plugs.

Connor is a huge Monster Jam fan, he watches it every morning from 7-8 as he eats his breakfast and gets ready for school. He's been watching it since age 3. He knows all of the trucks, most of the drivers and owns 20 or so (the Hot Wheels version). Every trip we make to Target we head down the cars/trucks aisle and look for new Monster Jam vehicles. He builds his own courses using books for ramps. He lines cars up for the trucks to jump over and puts school buses in position so that the Monster Jam trucks "crush" them as they drive over top. Sometimes he has me time the trucks to see who's faster (it's his hand controlling their performance so it's interesting how his favorite truck always seems to win). And since he's a list maker like his Mom, he usually writes down the winners and then the winners take on the winners and so on until there is an ultimate winner. The real challenge for Connor is actually getting to play the whole Monster Jam scenario without Camryn knocking down the course and stealing the trucks.