I had mentioned to Andrew about meeting the woman who made Max & Ruby and he said he wanted to. He then would say each time that he wanted to hug her. I told him that I wasn't sure if that would be allowed, but we could ask. I also wasn't sure if he would understand the concept of authors of books, but I think he understood it had something to do with Max & Rudy and that was good enough.
Unfortunately, Anh and Josh weren't able to join us because Josh normally naps in the late afternoon. So, after Andrew woke up after 330pm, we got ready and left the house. The festivities had started at 4pm, but when we arrived about 415pm, the place was already packed. We picked out a few books and paid for them. Then, we went to find a seat for the book reading. The book store had put out stickers, coloring pages, and crayons for the kids to keep them entertained until Ms. Wells came out. They also had lots of other goodies for us to take home like Max & Ruby posters and pins. Andrew colored, but soon enough was done coloring. Then, I read him some of our new books; and we made some friends who were sitting close to us. It was pretty crazy with all the kids and adults. But I have to say that Andrew behaved very well and patiently sat with me and waited. He kept asking for Ms. Wells over and over again; and I tried to tell him that the wait wasn't much longer.
Finally, it was 5 o'clock; and the time was upon us. Ms. Wells was introduced and walked out. She read some stories including the ones from her new book and also answered questions from the audience. Andrew kept saying "Ms. Wells. Ms. Wells."
Afterwards, she was going to sign books according to the numbers we received when we purchased our books. Andrew and I were 29. Not too bad. They also had a special surprise while people waited to get their books signed. Max was en route to the bookstore; and the kids would be able to meet him and get their pictures taken with him! Andrew was much more excited about seeing Max, but it would be another five or ten minutes before he arrived.
It was our time to get into line for the book signing. Andrew again was very well behaved; and we passed the time while in line by reading more books. It was finally our time to meet her. Andrew was very sweet. I wasn't sure if he was going to become shy. But he walked up to the table. I told Ms. Wells that Andrew wanted to hug her and asked if it would be okay. She agreed and Andrew went over to hug her. She was very nice and sweet to Andrew. Sadly, she was so attentive to us, she didn't realize that she signed one of the books with Andrew's name and not Josh's as I wanted to get it for him as a gift.
Once our books were signed, we started to make our way out the door to see Max when Daddy found us. There was a short line to meet Max so we didn't have to wait too long. Andrew walked up to him and hugged him too.
I wanted to get another book to be signed for Josh so I went back into the store; and Daddy was going to head to a restaurant with Andrew. The clerk was very nice and said she would take me to the front of the line to get it signed. Just let me say that everyone at Blue Willow was nice and helpful. They did a great job getting things very organized and executed.
Anyways, Andrew told Daddy that he wanted to wait for me so they did. Thankfully, he didn't have to wait too long with the extra help from the store clerk. As we were walking out of the store again, Andrew saw Max in front of the store and said he wanted to go see him again. There wasn't much a line so Andrew got to go hug him again.
Then, we drove to Rudi Lechners, a German restaurant nearby where Andrew ate lots of bread, sausage, and schnitzel. Daddy and Mommy also ordered some delicious schweinshaxe. It wasn't the best German restaurant that we have been to, but it was good and filled the German food void that we had been feeling.
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