Another Children's Museum, Pioneer Day, and Other StufM

Another busy week. I love these kind of weeks. Life just goes smoother when we stay busy. This week I decided to check out a free children's museum near us. Why have we never gone in the 16 months that we've lived here? The kids had a blast. It was small...everything was in one big room...but it was nice to have it that way. The kids were able to each do what they wanted and I could see both of them all the time. It was great. It was kind of an environmental, go green type of museum. There were several kid powered exhibits.

The kids loved this one because they got to play with balls. You put the balls in the tube and then turn the wheel to make them go down and shoot out the bottom.

Here you turn the crank and light up the city. If you turn it fast enough you can get the windmills up on the hill to spin.

Here you put the discs in the slot and watch them spin down. Very entertaining.

And this one you turn the wheel and it makes a bunch of balls spin and water shoot up.

The Lil' Solar Panel

More ball fun

And Plinko! Too bad they didn't have real cash prizes!

There was also a SMALL zoo outside. The kids were so excited to be this close to the owl and kept yelling WHOO to try and wake it up.

This was probably one of our favorite parts of the museum. They had a maze made out of tree stumps and logs. Very cool.

Saturday we went to our ward's Pioneer Day picnic. Good food, good company, good fun. Emma loved riding the handcart, Matthew was not really a fan. (And I have no idea who the other girls in the cart are. Just catching a free ride...)

Matthew was tired. Before the picnic we had gone bowling (yes again. We are totally getting our money's worth out of our bowling pass!) After playing hard outside for a little while he was just content to sit in the stroller and eat Emma's Doritos.

The view of the bay from the park

Saturday night Jon suggested that Emma and I go on a mommy-daughter date to see the movie "Up". We went and had a blast. We left early so Emma could play at the mall play place and then it was movie time. We really enjoyed it. Emma was in awe of everything there. All the lights and big movie posters and popcorn. I think she liked the movie, but I don't think she understood most of it. She laughed at the parts that weren't funny to anyone else (when the house was flying through the rainstorm and during a fight) and was so startled at another part that she spilled her water all over her lap. And yes, it was definitely just water. :) It was a great girls night out!

So excited to ride the elevator...and get to the movie.

These next few are just random pics...the kids still love playing in the fort under Emma's bed.

Matthew loves putting things on his head...bowls, hats, pants, anything. It took him awhile to get this hat on and he was so proud of himself.

We have Jon's little sister here for the next week while the rest of the family is at girls camp. We are excited...Emma especially. Hoping for a great week!