Wonderscope

Scott was on spring break during this rainy March week. He had grand plans to spend lots of time working in the yard, but alas, the weather had other plans. I took the day off on Friday and we took the boys to Wonderscope . It's in an old school building and each room has a different theme.

The ball room had a bunch of fun activities for you to roll the ball down a ramp, in a big spinning thing, around a circle and a bunch of variations on each of those.








Liam did a great job hanging out in his stroller.  He snoozed for part of our visit but wanted to look around for the rest of the time,


Karsten was driving the spaceship to find space Mickey!


These gears were so cool - they were magnetic and if you put them in the right spot, it would turn all of the gears.


The Vet room was super cool.  It had cages with stuffed animals, plastic tools, water dishes, almost anything you could need to help a pet.


Taking the dog's blood pressure.




Checking out the dog's ears.


Train's are always a favorite!


The art room wasn't as much fun for him - he was ready for a new room pretty quickly.


The H2O room was a big hit.  He played at this water table for a long time.  We had a minor issue because his sleeves got wet and he HATES to be wet.  We pushed the sleeves way up and he was able to forget about them.






There was a snake in the water room and Karsten was cautiously interested in watching him.  He wasn't so sure what to think.


This cool submarine was built out of legos!


And what kid doesn't love big foam blocks? Add a big foam stick and Karsten was having a ball.


Enjoying the ride.

Reading

Karsten is doing so well during 'school' at Gail's.  We have a great time talking about the papers he brings home and he proudly shows us what he learned. When he learned the letter H, they read a story with pictures of H items for some of the words. We've been reading the story for several nights at bedtime and he enjoys reading it by himself, or to Liam. He usually starts it with 'ONEday...'

The tongs you see next to him are his pinchers from the grill set he got for Christmas from Jenn.  He loves to pick things up with the pinchers.

Chicken dance

You know the chicken dance song?  The one that sticks in your mind and is played at countless events by DJ's everywhere?  We have this adorable chick that pops out of the egg and sings that song.  It's funny the first time, the second time, even the third time - after that it turns into a song that will not get out of your head.  Guess who loves the lil chick in the egg?

We're teaching him the chicken dance, cause really, it's almost a requirement when the song comes on.  I tried to get a few pictures of the chicken dance, but Scott would not be happy with me if I posted pics of him doing the chicken dance, so you'll just have to imagine how much fun we had with our little chicken dance party in the kitchen.

Wordless Wednesday - chattin'

Splish Splash

In the past month or so, Liam has started to enjoy his baths. He'll kick his little legs and wave his arms around to splash.  When water splashes he gets a huge smile and is proud of himself (at least that's how I interpret it). I'm so glad he enjoys the bath because Karsten has great time in the bath and soon Liam will get to join in on the fun.  

Karsten's computer

When I picked Karsten at Gail's house, he was playing with a toy that had a few numbered keys and a couple of plastic 'book' pages.  I asked him to put the toy away so we could get his shoes on and go home.  He told me 'in a minute mommy, I'm working on my 'puter'.  Haha - okay buddy, I'll get your brother ready first.

Seeing that toy reminded me that we had one just like it.  We dug it out of toy storage that night and Liam and Scott played with it.



Liam looks so big sitting up with Scott's help!

A walk in the park

We took a walk to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather.  This was also the inaugural use of the double stroller. We showed Karsten where his specials seat was and off we went.  A double stroller is a beast to manuever - it's way longer than I think so I end up bumping into things.



He loves going down the slide.  After he had gone down the slide several times he discovered he could climb back up the slide.


Liam had fun watching Karsten play on the playground.


After going across a few times holding our hands, Karsten was able to walk on the mushrooms on his own.


Just chillin'


Stylin' in Karsten's shades


Our little climber


He thought I didn't see him sliding down the slide.  :)


Having so much fun!




LOL, not sure what this face is all about.


Love this smile!


Playing is hard work - time for a water break.








After lots of fun at the playground, it was time to head home!  What a great afternoon!