Fun outing

Mom and I took the boys to the Woodlands Children Museum on Friday with Joanna and her girls. It had been awhile since we'd been there. Carter was a little young for all the imaginative play last year, but really enjoyed himself this time. I'm not sure if it is that he's recently started school or just an age thing, but he's starting to play more independently AND play "pretend" with things.

This is inside the kitchen of the miniature house they have there.


Cole is obviously too young to play pretend, but he loves to stand up and hold onto to tables now.



Here he is sitting on the checker board.

This is the Dinosaur Dig. It's filled with chopped up pieces of recycled tires. He had a good time looking for dino bones with the shovel and excavator.

They had an ocean/sand room that was a big hit. Here is Carter playing next to Awbrey.

And this was the cutest and funniest moment of the day. They insisted on wearing their lifejackets and getting in the kayak. They started singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." It was hilarious. They were even swaying back and forth. SO CUTE!

I think this was his favorite part though. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting him a cash register (with a credit card swiper) for Christmas. He loves to play with pretend money. Well, he loves to play with money period. He always insists on being the one to pay when we're out shopping. And since places like the grocery store have your own swiper and pin pad, he's in hog heaven.

Mom kept bringing him groceries to pay for. This went on for a long while.

Then he discovered the ATM where he could get MORE money.

Cole chewed on pretend asaparagus during the grocery shopping exhibit.

And here is Cole kneeling next to the train table. He wanted to pull up to a standing position, but he's not quite strong enough yet.

We went for lunch afterwards and Cole ate part of an apple pastry, those are the crumbs all over him. And then chomped on my sour pickle for awhile.

We had a really nice time. I'm disappointed to say that the Childrens Museum in the Woodlands has now closed. That was their last day. The owners of the mall have sold their building and now they are looking for another home. I'm glad we decided to go when we did, what are the chances we would go on their last day open after not visiting for over a year.