The kids had a fun time at our Brazil get-together:
Presentations
Making masks for Carnival:
Creating mosaics with ONLY products that come from the rainforest.
Food! Chocolate, lots of chocolate because it comes from the rainforest! And lovely fruits.
Another fun journey with the kiddos and our friends.
Our annual trip to the Science Center (back in February) was with a small group of friends. I arranged it this year and DEFINITELY prefer when someone else does! But it went well and we had a great time.
The kids love the exhibits and it is fun to see their excitement.
The rainforest exhibit is worth taking binoculars to, as well as the Australia exhibit! My kids have a great time with them.
Of course, you’ll notice the BIG purse I have to take so I can carry all of that stuff…(in the prior picture)
I do seriously LOVE being their teacher. Crazy as it is some days, there are other days I realize how fortunate we are!
This little guy LOVED the dolphin show!
And yes, I take numerous photos of the jellyfish.
But seriously, they have got to be the coolest display at the aquarium. I could watch them float for hours!
I believe I mentioned that these were good for the Australia exhibit as well.
And our traditional photo with our friends, Heriberto and Jose'. D (age 4) insisted that NO ONE help him climb up on the rock, so he is there struggling to get on.
It is hard being the littlest one in the crew. I remember back in the day when we had to put them all on the rock…but now the “big ones” can climb up.
Poor D. And it was complicated by the fact that we took this at the END of the day when he was so tired.
But we had a GREAT time and we’ll definitely be back next year!
One Sunday afternoon, we decided it was time for D (age 4) to experience his first trip to the art gallery for an art activity. We hopped in the car and headed to the BMA.
Unfortunately, after finding parking and getting all the kids into the museum, I realized that I had read the schedule wrong and we arrived on the day of the family tour.
I knew that was not going to be a good choice for my four year old and his first experience at the museum, so we headed back to the car. I grabbed directions from the front desk on our way out so we headed to the OTHER art gallery downtown, The Walter’s Art Gallery.
Thankfully we made it with 45 minutes to spare in order to do the family fun activity of creating your own animal mask.
D joined right in, having a blast!
I love the variety of materials that the kids are given to use.
They also created matching tails. T had a great time with her tail!
The Walter’s Art Gallery has a wonderful play area outside of the family art/craft room. There were puppets, costumes, and books available. We had a great time playing different characters.
It was a great day and all THREE of the “olders” had a great time. It was such fun to see D join in on the “older” outings now!
