Our library had an exhibit where you could become part of Maurice Sendak’s books such as In the Night Kitchen, Chicken Soup with Rice, and Where the Wild Things Are.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Playing Chess
Paul is teaching the kids to play chess. Nate loves checkers so Paul thought he would enjoy chess. Ellie enjoyed watching for a little bit but we didn’t think she was paying much attention; however, the next day Ellie set up the whole chess board perfectly without instructions or help.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Ellie and her thumb
We don’t have any pictures but we are sure proud of Ellie. We started two weeks ago really trying to get her to not suck her thumb. She is doing awesome at it! She still slips sometimes but it is really hard to break a habit she has had since her 18 week ultrasound. She even leaves her beloved pillow upstairs for fear that it will tempt her to suck her thumb. Sometimes we find her in her room under the pillow sucking her thumb and one day she admitted she had tricked Daddy and had gone up to her room to suck her thumb. If you remember next time you see her feel free to make a big deal about her major progress.
Monday, August 09, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Creative Uses of Stuff
At the children’s museum they are very creative. It reminded me (Mandy) of my brother, Nick, who has lots of doodads and used to make necklaces out of forks. Maybe Nick should take up doodad sculptures.
The main sculpture here is made of forks, knives, and spoons. The picture on the right is a bird with wings made out of butter knife blades. The other sculptures were made of other kitchen utensils/equipment.
Parts of the climber and things hanging outside the climber. The boat with the mannequin legs wearing crazy socks and Converse is especially for Nick.
This is a 3-story wall of hanging CDs. Eve liked this wall because the CDs would shine in the sunlight.
Children’s Museum of Phoenix
We spent a fun day at the museum before Nate goes back to school. Warning! There are a lot of pictures in this post.
Hanging out in the fort room.
Riding trikes.
The second floor balcony.
Painting the castle.
Farm puppet show.
The noodle forest.
Those are some big shoes! Nate had his Crocs on inside the shoes.
Serving up some ice cream.
Getting ready to race.
Eve lounging in the under 3 area. When she can crawl and walk she will love this area.
The ball maze room.
Playing in the kitchen. They use fleece, lace, and rubber scraps for the food. They made pizzas and then Nate was serving salad to anyone that wanted some.
Playing in the market. I think they could have spent the whole day in the market and kitchen. Or maybe the climber.
The climber from the second floor. It is mostly made of steel, wood, and plastic.
Going up the zig zag. Ellie at one point was crawling along and wasn’t paying attention and she fell through the hole onto the next level. She scraped her side on the way down but she was ok. I think most of her crying was because she was surprised that she fell down.
The view from the bottom. Nate is standing on the platform in the middle of the picture.
The view from the top. Anyone that knows me (Mandy) well enough knows that I don’t like walking over anything I can see through, well the floor in the climber is pretty much all see through. In order to make Ellie feel better I went up with her despite my uneasiness. I eventually made it all the way to the top after I decided not to look down. Ellie at one point, early on, had to be escorted down by a museum staffer because she got scared and started crying. The staff here were great.
Ellie finally got comfortable enough with the lower portion and was playing hide and seek with the other kids.
Eve hanging out under the climber.
Hanging out in the huge flying bathtub.
Air tubes that you put scarves in and then they shoot out various places.
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