Another trip to the City Museum!!

Last week, when I had the day off we returned to the City Museum. This time Pappy Grandma and Colin went along as well. Kevin was very excited to show off his skills on the slide. He also was excited to return to the train. Kevin was much more adventurous this time! He even climbed up on the high stuff! He was however terrified of the puking pig. Even the sound of it was too much.

As for Colin, maybe we will have more luck next time. I thought he might like the train. But nope. He mostly walked around, holding hands, saying "Up!" Pappy Grandma even bought him his own flashlight, which was by far the best part of his day. He loved turning it on and off.

This time, we all climbed (well, Colin was carried) all the way to the top of the 7 story slide. By the time we got up there, I was the only one willing to go down. As Kevin told me "I am very furious with you! I am not going down!" So I went down and then ran back up most of the stairs to help Grandma bring them down.

Here are some of the pictures.

Riding the Tiger. "Roar!"

In the ball pit

Trying to move in the ball pit.

Colin's "before" train picture...

...and his "after" picture.

Kevin having a much better experience.

Exploring with his new flashlight!

Colin's biggest smile- lunch time!

He was climbing everywhere! He climbed under here so fast I almost didn't get a picture.

Colin Hiding Again

While we were playing upstairs.

And then both of them making funny faces.

Amazing Day!!!

Colin told me "Save ball" today! Kevin had brought some water to share with him, and he handed me his soccer ball and asked me to save it for him! His two-word phrases are growing and growing!

Also, Kevin is so proud of what he did at school today! He WROTE HIS NAME!!!!! The letters may be randomly located, but it is his name!!! I am not sure if I have ever seen him so proud. He normally doesn't want to share good news with anyone, but he wanted me to tell everyone we saw!

How Do They Come Up With This?

The things these kids learn!!!

Tonight Kevin told me that his pajamas were soft but his bones are hard. Then he told me that dinosaurs have a lots of bones, and we don't. I told him that we do have a lot of bones. He relied "Yeah, but dinosaurs have more."

He absolutely loves puzzles, and can do many without any help at all. He is getting up to the 30-piece range for some. Here is a picture of him doing all of his dinosaur puzzle on his own.

I like the floating chair in the background.

(Shout out to the Kerr's: both boys STILL love the zoo puzzle! We play with it often.)

Here is the puzzle that Colin was working on. He even told me which faces were "sa" (sad), "hap" (happy), and "shhhhh" (sleeping). He even tried to comfort the sad one. Then he told me it was now happy.


Both boys love to take care of other things. For example, all last night Kevin was pretending that we were parents (his words) to our own baby T-Rexes. (They were his toy dinosaurs.) He even took them to dinner and made a nest for them to sleep in while we were eating. He is very committed to taking care of his animals.

Colin Hiding Again

Here he is when I said it was time to get dressed this morning.

Waiting for Daddy

Here they are waiting for daddy to get home. As soon as I said he was home both ran under the table to hide.

Valentine's Day

Here are pictures from our Valentine's dinner. We went to White Castles, and actually had a great time. We had to make reservations and everything. We were the only ones dressed up, but that made it better. I was a bit hesitant about going, but Kevin talked about it so much last year that I couldn't disappoint him again. I asked Kevin what I should say on the blog and he replied, "Everyone should be jealous they didn't go somewhere so classy."

Well put.

Colin Hiding Again

This time I told him it was time to get his shoes on. He ran and hid behind the train table. He even went back out to get his blanket. All while laughing.