at the science museum

It's the kids' spring break this week and finally, most of them are on the mend from being sick. Little M's asthma is on overdrive with this cold. The girls are on their albuterol inhaler with a spacer, and I thought maybe we can bring that and use it on Little M when we are out instead of not being able to take him out when it's time for the nebulizer. And it worked! We spent a good 5 hours out without Little M have to cough to the point that he throws up. He hates it though, so when we are home he uses the nebulizer. That is completely fine because he doesn't get as much medicine with the puffer anyway. We can just use it as backup when we are out.

Anyway, here are the kids in the hurricane booth. They enjoyed it; we enjoyed watching them, and I need to remember not to cackle so much while taking a video. :)

stay-cation is in!

Museum of Natural Science

"Run for your lives!!"
Drama class is paying off.

A moment with Daddy - Daddy teaches them about poop.

Zipping through the course with a square-wheeled trike!
(K)

Monkey Puzzle
(J)

The 2 kids in the middle were trying to put the puzzles together and was going nowhere until Big M stepped in. He looked at the picture and in 1 minute grabbed 2 pieces, put them together and was on his way to finishing.

Little M is pretty proud of himself balancing on a Mammoth's tusk.

videos from the aviation museum

Thing 1 is in pink, Thing 2 is in blue.

Daddy and the kids experiment with the exhibits and try to steer the plane. Thing 1 & and Thing 2 were curious, but as soon as the fan started blowing, Thing 1 hightailed out of there. She didn't like the wind on her face. Thing 2 didn't mind though. Curious George was amused, and then he was off to something else.


Thing 1 became fascinated with the engines, "Whazzat?!" she asks over and over again. She touched the engine behind her, but I think it hurt her finger (and almost cried about it), so she moved on to other engines. Notice Thing 2 saying, "Uh oh" because the thing she touched moved. Then she tried to run away from us. In an effort to get her to come back, I said bye to make her think she's being left behind and she waves back! Silly thing. I knew she'd come back to me though. :-)

a morning at the aviation museum

We brought the kids to the aviation museum since Curious George has been more and more interested in planes lately (as evident from the books he has recently checked out at the library). Sometimes the bedtime stories aren't stories, but explanations of what airplane parts do. Anyway, the museum was much smaller than we expected, which worked out in our favor - it was easier to let the girls walk around. What also worked in our favor was that it was in the single digits in the morning and so aside from us and another family, there was nobody around!

Curious George was so excited, he could hardly stop talking and pointing. But then, the gift shot interested him more so the excursion was cut short.

We were accosted by this kid the minute we walked in because apparently, him and his brother are fraternal twins. One boy asked Curious George how he tells his sisters apart, and he went out a dissertation about checking the color of their earrings (with demonstration).

The girls had to wait a few minutes before they could be free of the stroller. Daddy and I were too busy from loosing him. The boy and he stuck to each other like glue and then were off somewhere before we could see what direction they were heading.

Daddy explains to Curious George and Thing 1 the medic airplane.

Thing 1 (pink) & Thing 2 (blue) watch Daddy try the flight simulator.

Experimenting on some of the exhibits that explains some principles of Physics.

It's the girls turn on the airplane. Only Curious George wants in too so Thing 1 was demoted to the backseat with Thing 2. Thing 1 wasn't happy about it.

We went to the local restaurant for lunch. And like Curious George have always done, he asks for the lemon the glass and sucks on it. Oh, how Daddy and I enjoy watching the resulting sour face. He started this when he was less than a year old, and so we decided to try it on the girls. This is Thing 2's sour face.

And then it's Thing 1's turn. It may seem cruel, but it's so much fun to watch. :-)

Before heading home, Daddy drove by the airport in hopes that Curious George would see a plane take off. And he did! It remains to be seen if he'll be as interested in planes like he is in trains. But as parents, all Daddy and I could do is fuel his curiosity.

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