Marbles Museum

This museum is so fun.  I didn't take too many pics though.  Vienna's first time here and she had a good time, even though we didn't get to the baby stuff. huh. I guess only the oldest kid gets to play in the age appropriate areas.

Cambers loved making pizzas when older kids weren't standing too close.

I love this pic.  These are our neighbor friends.  Chase loves Vienna.  He was squeezing her face and gave her a big kiss.  His mom and I were laughing so hard we couldn't stop it. Doesn't Vienna look like wax??

The more we hang out with these cute boys, the more I can see the difference between boys and girls.  Cambry was so excited about making a tower "tall tall tall" and Chase was so excited to karate chop it down.  We had a great time here.

Marbles Children Museum

Since this was Devin's outing, this is posted by him;

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I had the day off. So, I had the opportunity to take Cambry out to the Kids' museum. Our friends, Mike and his daughter Caroline, joined us. There were so many things to do there. I think Cambry was overwhelmed by it because she just wandered around for awhile. Eventually, she found these trains and got excited about them.

Cambry and Caroline directing traffic in the train yard. Yikes! 

Cambry started moving these chairs around and Caroline keep trying to sit in the chair that Cambry was sliding around.

Cambry was so excited about this contraption. She running round-and-round playing with the different beads.

Surprisingly, Cambry was really reserved around the water. Caroline 'dived' right in. She would place a ducky up on the ramp. Then launch it into the pool splashing all the kids around the pool. She would laugh so hard and look up at her Dad so proud of herself.

Cambry eventually warmed up to the water. She was real concerned about the uneven distribution of water. So, she went to work scooping water out of the tub and dumping it on to the ramp....and the floor and herself along the way.

They had this room full of balls and contraptions that moved, launched and dropped balls 

Cambers really excited about the contraption pictured above.

 Moving some quarters around... until some kids playing cops and robbers snatched them up.

Cambry was surprisingly good at stacking these blocks....

...and knocking them down.

Cambry and Caroline bustin' some moves.

Taking a short break from dancing.

One of the last thing we did was some drawing. At this point, Cambry was so exhausted. She didn't draw much. So, Caroline decided she would help. Cambry didn't seem to mind.

I had to add this picture of Caroline. It was too cute to leave out. Look at that concentration!

They had these "baskets" that over looked the first floor. It took a little coaxing to get Cambry out on one. Even then, she would only crawl out on to it and sit.

It was a good day at the museum - a good way to spend my day off.

Durham Museum of Life and Science

NOTE:  I posted like 6 new posts today so keep going :)

We had play group at the Museum of Life and Science today.  We waited in the gift shop for stragglers in our group to show up.  I love this pic: Cambry's friend is hugging a snugly pink unicorn. Cambry is fascinated with this flashlight and trying to take it apart. 

Outside they had a really cool playground that reminded me of the old Tanner Park in SLC.  It was all wood bridges and climbing towers.  Cambry had a great time.  Every step she says, "up" regardless of whether she's going up or down.

 This wind chime station was awesome.  Dust pans, metal milk bottles, fire extinguishers.  Cambers was content clapping in front of it and let lesser kids actually touch it.

Our outside time ended soon after she found the puddles.  

She never made it in the space ship, just got close enough to look inside it.

This table  captured our attention for several minutes.  That big metal disc spins, and we'd put the little discs on it and it flings them off. Seriously, it was captivating.

The point of this station is to have the rocket catch the satellite. Cambers had a great time button mashing.

Is that surprising Cambry that monkeys made it to space?

The Butterfly House made me remember how much I love humidity when it's warm. It was so toasty and the air was nice and thick. Cambry made sure to pet all the plants within her reach.

Love this vibe she's putting out as she watches the fish and turtle.

 Oh ya, Vienna was there too. Man, she's such a content baby.  She just snuggled up to me and hung out.  She cooed a few times, but other than that I didn't hear very much from her.

The tree frogs were really active when we were checking them out and Cambry ate her whole bag of snacks in front of this exhibit (for a girl who's always on a mission, that's saying something).   

We had one of our Southern storms while we were leaving.  Poor Cambers got completely drenched because she was leaning over the side of the stroller watching the wheels go through the water