Children's Museum

Last week, we went downtown to the Betty Brinn Children's Museum with Emily and Brady. Emily has a pass from Shayne's work with the Children's Hospital, so we were blessed with the opportunity to go for FREE!! Abe had a wonderful time! He was a little young to do everything, but he gave most everything a try at least! The set-up was really neat--one half was more hands on, motor skill type activities, and the other side was all sorts of different occupations, where the children could play the role of the worker/customer (for example, there was a store, a bank, a mechanic shop, a post office, etc.) Abe's favorite, by far, was definitely the train he got to "drive"--he has developed a bit of an obsession with trains as of late. After he got home, he told Ryan he wanted to go to the "moo-zeem" with Daddy someday too! Here are some pictures of our outing:

Playing trains with Brady (unfortunately, the only picture I have of them together!):




Driving the train:




I thought this was so creative yet simple: they had a counter with all sorts of craft supplies the kids could pick from--tissue paper, foam squares, yarn, squares cut out of magazines, markers, and glue sticks. The kids could then glue those on to sheets of construction paper. Abe seemed to really enjoy the activity, and we had everything on hand at home, so we copied the idea!




One of Abe's creations he made later at home:




Jungle Gym:




Mini Golf:




Semi Driving:




And lastly, I just have to share this video of Abram learning to ride his tricycle, because it makes me laugh every time I watch it! I think it's hilarious that he is so serious, and he keeps going backward--when he finally moves forward, he crashes into the wall! Obviously, we're still working on riding the trike a little better!