The girls love playing on the stairs. Here they are 'taking a nap'... Violet even has the pretend snoring down.
We've been trying to squeeze last summer warm-weather activities in before it's too late. We love going to this little reservoir by our house-- about a 5 minute drive away! It has a beach area, and when the water is low, it has a separate wading area walled off from the deep area. It's great!
We also took a trip to the Gateway fountains for shopping, corn dogs, icecream, and fun with Kissie (while Kevin did his live draft fantasy football). Violet didn't like the idea of water spraying in her face, but Cora got braver and braver about getting wet and really liked the mists of water.
The girls and I ventured out to Thanksgiving Point's Two Dollar Tuesdays (just for August) yesterday. I was so happy we got there 20 minutes early, we got a great spot in line while we waited for it to open. We also watched the line wind around the building! It was a little crazy. We rushed through the first part that is mostly for older kids, and actually had a nice visit that wasn't too crowded. The line was still wound around the building when we got out! We really had perfect timing.
Waiting to go in. The girls thought the dinosaur murals on the outside of the building were pretty cool.
Cora loved this excavating activity. I thought she'd like the wet sand activity too that we did before this one, but both she and Violet were upset at getting their hands dirty.
Whose foot is bigger?
It was hard to get pictures of both girls looking at me... and not at the dinosaurs or all the hubbub going on. This is Violet throwing a tantrum while Cora is looking at some other kids. Oh well!
Afterward, I asked Cora what her favorite part was. She did mention the dinosaurs and the sand digging, but she also said her very favorite were the 'puters'! They had a lot of computer stations around with dinosaur activities on them. Go figure!
We've been trying to squeeze last summer warm-weather activities in before it's too late. We love going to this little reservoir by our house-- about a 5 minute drive away! It has a beach area, and when the water is low, it has a separate wading area walled off from the deep area. It's great!
We also took a trip to the Gateway fountains for shopping, corn dogs, icecream, and fun with Kissie (while Kevin did his live draft fantasy football). Violet didn't like the idea of water spraying in her face, but Cora got braver and braver about getting wet and really liked the mists of water.
The girls and I ventured out to Thanksgiving Point's Two Dollar Tuesdays (just for August) yesterday. I was so happy we got there 20 minutes early, we got a great spot in line while we waited for it to open. We also watched the line wind around the building! It was a little crazy. We rushed through the first part that is mostly for older kids, and actually had a nice visit that wasn't too crowded. The line was still wound around the building when we got out! We really had perfect timing.
Waiting to go in. The girls thought the dinosaur murals on the outside of the building were pretty cool.
Cora loved this excavating activity. I thought she'd like the wet sand activity too that we did before this one, but both she and Violet were upset at getting their hands dirty.
Whose foot is bigger?
It was hard to get pictures of both girls looking at me... and not at the dinosaurs or all the hubbub going on. This is Violet throwing a tantrum while Cora is looking at some other kids. Oh well!
Afterward, I asked Cora what her favorite part was. She did mention the dinosaurs and the sand digging, but she also said her very favorite were the 'puters'! They had a lot of computer stations around with dinosaur activities on them. Go figure!
7 comments:
How fun! Looks like great end-of-summer activities. And I love that I'm not the only one that takes pictures of tantrums. :) How cute!
I'm just catching up on reading all the private blogs I follow... congrats about the baby boy! That's so exciting. It must be nice knowing that you'll have at least one of each gender. I bet Kevin is excited, although he is such a cute daddy to the girls anyway. I'm glad the dinosaur museum turned out fun for you. Good thing playgroup didn't try making the long trek just to wait in line.
That looks like a great reservoir by your house...how fun to have something like that so close.
I'm glad we didn't make the trek in for the dinosaur museum. Sounds like fun, but too many people for my liking. I'm glad your girls enjoyed it.
there are so many great places to take your kids these days. What a fun summer. Remember some of these places for the winter when you have cabin fever.
That sounds like a lot of fun! And how awesome to have that reservoir so close.
The tantrum picture is a classic! I'll say it again," You are such a fun MOM!!!" Lucky little girls!
I'm glad you are having fun with the family! I especially love the stair picture. Maybe one day they will really be asleep on the stairs.
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