Day 48 of 365

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Children's Musuem of the Desert! That's were we headed to today with our very good friends Andrea and her son Adam. Such a cool place for little kids to learn and explore and play! They had so many cool things and I want to go back and take Chad to show him. The only down part was that they don't allow strollers into the museum so I had to carry Karlie on my back. She's not quite as little and light as she used to be... I was very glad to set her down in a little kid play area inside after carrying her for about 45 minutes! Just a few of the fun things to do... a rock wall to climb, bones to dig up and discover, huge metal nuts and washers to stack and play with, a giant room with dress up clothes and couches and mirrors and stuff to play dress up with, tubes that hang to roll golf balls through, a grocery store with mini carts and actual real empty food boxes and juice jugs, a pizza restaurant with fake pizza to make, a real size police motorcycle to climb on and ride, and real sized Volkswagen bug car to paint, a table to color at, and then outside a big empty grass area to run around with balls to throw or kick or hula hoops or a sand box to play in... there was so much to do! Unfortunately there were a couple school tours that came through and made it extremely crowded, but we were ready to leave and get some lunch anyway. This was definitely a place I would recommend to anyone with kids 6 and under!!!

After the museum we headed to a local park to eat some lunch we had packed and play and run outside... get some good energy out so they would sleep the hour drive home! There was a giant fire truck made into a play structure with a slide and several steering wheels to drive! Super fun! Makenna was some what interested... mostly Adam was thrilled over the park but Makenna was hungry and tired and not in a super happy mood. Oh well. She at least got one slide in!

Adam LOVED the fire truck and was all over it climbing here and there and sliding down anything and everything he could! So much fun for a little boy!

Since the girls had napped in the car on the way home and wouldn't be napping again I decided to enjoy the sunny day (even though it was very windy and chilly) and take the girls for a big bike ride instead of just in out neighborhood. We biked the 2.5 mile loop I ran the other day and it went by so fast! Both girls had juice cups and crackers and did just fine... until Makenna took away Karlie's cracker... but a quick "Makenna give that back to Karlie" and we were good to go again! I an so excited for the nice warm spring weather and to be able to venture out farther with the girls!