"THE BOY'S SHOW"

This weekend, the World Of Wheels show was in town...which means that there is entirely too much testosterone decended upon downtown Birmingham in one weekend....I can hear the grunting of "Tim the toolman Taylor" (actor Tim Allen), from the show "Home Improvement".

Jonathan decided to take Ryan to the show, if for no other reason, but to let him meet some of his favorite characters and hero's that were appearing-(and the fact that admission was free for children ages 5 and under.)

Ryan had a blast! He saw his favorite race car legend, Mr. Lightning McQueen...but only from afar, as the line to see him was more than an hour long! So, Dad had to do the cheesy picture thing that we seemed to perfect a few years ago while visiting DisneyWorld..."stand child in front of camera with thus said superhero in the background and PRETEND you actually got close enough to see him!"

(Ryan and his best bud Jaggerd had a blast at the show)

But the highlight of the day has to be his encounter with the origional WEB MASTER...Spiderman! He loved meeting him, and even got his autograph. Jonathan said Ryan was having a hard time looking up for the camera to take a picture because he first had to make sure he had his "web fingers" right...It's just too cute! Jon did great, taking a picture, and even managing to get video of the whole experience!

The last person they really wanted to see was Jason Earls, who plays "Jackson" on the popular Disney show, Hannah Montana. Unfortunately, there was a 2hour wait to get up to see him, and that just wasn't going to happen...so, once again, Jonathan just took pics of him from afar.

It was a great day...but not because he met Spiderman, or saw the Lightning McQueen car, or came close to meeting Jackson...What really matters isn't that Ryan went to THE BOY'S SHOW (which is what he called it. All he knew is that there were no girls on this day, just him and Dad.) What is more important is that Ryan got to spend some quality, one on one time with Dad...and with all those hero's surrounding him...the best hero was DAD!

Yep, they saved a lot of money on car insurance by switching to Geico...