Memorial Day Weekend: Car Ride and Stack-Ranks

We took a road trip up to Canada for the Memorial Day weekend. Our car drive was really fun, especially since we introduced Sam to Back to the Future and got to eat at a fun drive-in called Boomer's in Bellingham. The kids were thrilled that their food came in little cars, and Lucy was really taken with the idea that she got to eat her dinner in the car (which is funny, because she snacks in the car all the time).

On the drive, we played a fun "stack-rank" game that we invented. You basically compile a list of your favorite things by interrogating a person and asking one at a time, "Which is better? ______ or ________?" We picked a few themes for these lists, and here they are, ranked from best to worst:

Lucy: Princesses

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Elsa

Moana

Belle

Cinderella

Sleeping Beauty

Ariel / Snow White

Rapunzel

Jasmine

Gizelle

Anastasia

Ana

Sam: Heroes

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Harry Potter

Ron Weasly

Steve

Dumbledore

Chewbacca

Ewoks

Chirrut Îmwe (Rogue One blind guy)

Ash

Pikachu

BB8

Hermione Granger

Jyn Erso

K2SO

Batman

Emmet (Lego Movie)

Rey

Yoda

Cassian Andor

Poe Dameron

Baze Malbus

Monica: Artists

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Van Eyck

Bernini

Michaelangelo

Vermeer

Van Gogh

Sargent

Waterhouse

Gerome

Caravaggio

Da Vinci

Manet

Monet

Hopper

Rembrandt

Aleijadinho

David

Jeremy: Movie characters/vehicles

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Batman

Batman Tumbler

Darth Vader

The Delorian

X-Wing

Tim Burton Batmobile

Millennium Falcon

C3P0

R2D2

Number 5

Death Star

E.T.

Roger Rabbit

Marty McFly

Karate Kid

Mr. Miagi

Wesley, Princess Bride

Jeremy: Artists

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Mark Rothko

Anish Kapoor

James Turrell

Agnes Martin

Josef Albers

Sol LeWitt

Franz Kline

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Gerhard Richter

Ed Rucha

Joseph Cornell

Barnett Newman 

Sargent

Bernini

Richard Serra

I think these lists will serve ass a great memory of our interests at this point in our lives. The drive passed by quickly with this game, and we got to introduce Sam to Back to the Future while we waited to cross the border. Once we passed the border, we went to our motel and the kids got to swim in the pool.