Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Some Much Needed Energy Expenditure

Since Paul took the camera with him, all I have is my phone. I took some cute pictures of the boys though today at our children's museum. I use my year pass all the time since it's so close. Benjamin had a blast, running around for a few hours, and Peter patiently went along for the ride.
Peter playing in the water works area before he settled down in his stroller for a nap.
Brothers in the water works area.
Benjamin by the enclosed spray guns. You can aim the water at people here without getting wet.
One of Benjamin's favorite spots is this ball ramp. The tennis balls ring the bells along their way.
Benjamin playing at the sand tables.
A new feature is this pipe organ that releases bubbles when you hit the keys.
And another ball ramp that hits the pans, ringing different tones.
This ball ramp is pretty cool. It plays "Ode to Joy" on chimes as the the ball slides down the ramp. And there's Benjamin, hurrying off to show us the next thing!
Oh wait, no more room on the phone for pictures! But here's a cute one of Peter that I caught after his nap. You can see how bad his eczema is today. Poor guy!

Benjamin also went down the slide, crawled through tunnels, peeked in a mouse's house, went fishing, did some grocery shopping, rang us up at the cash register, fixed a car, served us up at a pizza kitchen, played the entire percussion section of a symphonic orchestra, went for a ride in Cinderella's pumpkin coach, hammered some nails into some shoes, and sat down to feast at Beauty and the Beast's table. It was a busy morning! Little boy energy officially expended. Sleep deprived Moms are so not good for that kind of thing.

6 comments:

alexandra said...

Wow, Ben looks a lot like Adrian to me! He looks so blonde! What a great museum. The kids' museum in dc won't open again until Andrew is like 42 years old. I told Brig about the St Louis ranking and he thought it was ridiculous. Looks to me, too, that maybe the area is just depressing for an entirely different demographic--bc it looks like a wonderful place to raise a family.

McKenna said...

Oh, I loved places like that when I was a kid. I guess I still love places like that! :)

Andi said...

ok we have a pass to the magic house too! We need to meet up there because we go there all the time and we love it! Can you go again soon?

Katie Cannon said...

I am so jealous of the fun you guys had. I want to go to that place. sounds like a dream come true. Ben and Peter are so cute. I can't believe how much Andrew has changed, it's amazing. I love how updated you keep your blog it's wonderful.

Andi said...

Ill be there tomorrow at 1 until at least 4. Does this work for you? Ill email you to make sure you got this. Im so excited!

Momo Cannon said...

Looks like everyone had a good time. I think Peter hass really changed since Christmas. I'm sure Paul likes Hawaii but misses you all soooo much! Love, Momo