Busy Cool Day
Got up this AM and took the big kids to see Frog and Toad at the CTC. It was AWESOME! The music was great and the story was simple but engaging. The kids were good. The thing about three kids is... it makes two kids seems quite easy. So it felt very simple just to have two fairly obedient, English-speaking, potty-trained little people. (Why yes, baby is still a bit of a terror these days, why do you ask?)
Then came home and met up with cousin and nephew to hit the Science Museum. We found our house (or for sure our block) on the aerial photograph of the Mississippi River. I think I enjoy that a little more than the kids but they think it is cool, too. We spent some time in the Mississippi River national park station (I may not be right on the name). That was really cool, but had far too many awesome books. I couldn't get out of there without purchasing a coloring book of North American animals, a book on life in a dead log and a story and activity book on wolves <-more sophisticated than I realized, could be a very good middle grade unit study, so I will probably photocopy all the consumable pages and hang on to it to use again.
We then spent some time in the human body exhibit. I could have spent all day there! It was really hard keeping track of Zeff and baby (who could have cared less about the Sci. Mus.) so I am planning to go there on a date with my husband very soon, so I can check out the exhibits!.
We then had a great time in the collections area. Joss loves to dress up in the Hmong clothes and weave at the loom. They also love the Collector's corner, though they haven't brought anything in there yet. They are getting excited about it though, so I think we will be doing that soon.
We came home and Joss and I read two stories about MLK. She was astonished that anyone had ever treated anyone differently based on skin color, or any other reason. We also discussed various other reasons why it would be wrong to judge another person, such as gender, disability, and yes, sexual orientation. She was very interested in the story of MLK's life and I thought I'd hit enchanted learning and see if they have a tab book or something like that to do over the next few days or weeks.
We are busy getting ready to go stay in a cabin up north. I have been going to this cabin since I was a kid (yes, this is yet another vacation of my parent's that we are piggybacking on!) and it is so cool. You ski in to these rustic cabins that have woodstoves for heat. We haul our stuff on two large sleds, which is not as much work as you might think. They have a building nearby with running water, bathrooms and showers, but no water in the cabins. They also have a book in each cabin (there are five of them in the area) that people use as a journal of their stay and leave there. We spend our time there eating, skiing, eating, sledding, drinking wine, eating and sleeping. Which is a pretty nice way to spend a long weekend, in my opinion.
Gotta get ready, though. ick
Got up this AM and took the big kids to see Frog and Toad at the CTC. It was AWESOME! The music was great and the story was simple but engaging. The kids were good. The thing about three kids is... it makes two kids seems quite easy. So it felt very simple just to have two fairly obedient, English-speaking, potty-trained little people. (Why yes, baby is still a bit of a terror these days, why do you ask?)
Then came home and met up with cousin and nephew to hit the Science Museum. We found our house (or for sure our block) on the aerial photograph of the Mississippi River. I think I enjoy that a little more than the kids but they think it is cool, too. We spent some time in the Mississippi River national park station (I may not be right on the name). That was really cool, but had far too many awesome books. I couldn't get out of there without purchasing a coloring book of North American animals, a book on life in a dead log and a story and activity book on wolves <-more sophisticated than I realized, could be a very good middle grade unit study, so I will probably photocopy all the consumable pages and hang on to it to use again.
We then spent some time in the human body exhibit. I could have spent all day there! It was really hard keeping track of Zeff and baby (who could have cared less about the Sci. Mus.) so I am planning to go there on a date with my husband very soon, so I can check out the exhibits!.
We then had a great time in the collections area. Joss loves to dress up in the Hmong clothes and weave at the loom. They also love the Collector's corner, though they haven't brought anything in there yet. They are getting excited about it though, so I think we will be doing that soon.
We came home and Joss and I read two stories about MLK. She was astonished that anyone had ever treated anyone differently based on skin color, or any other reason. We also discussed various other reasons why it would be wrong to judge another person, such as gender, disability, and yes, sexual orientation. She was very interested in the story of MLK's life and I thought I'd hit enchanted learning and see if they have a tab book or something like that to do over the next few days or weeks.
We are busy getting ready to go stay in a cabin up north. I have been going to this cabin since I was a kid (yes, this is yet another vacation of my parent's that we are piggybacking on!) and it is so cool. You ski in to these rustic cabins that have woodstoves for heat. We haul our stuff on two large sleds, which is not as much work as you might think. They have a building nearby with running water, bathrooms and showers, but no water in the cabins. They also have a book in each cabin (there are five of them in the area) that people use as a journal of their stay and leave there. We spend our time there eating, skiing, eating, sledding, drinking wine, eating and sleeping. Which is a pretty nice way to spend a long weekend, in my opinion.
Gotta get ready, though. ick
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