kids a work (and play)

We recently discovered what fun the Children's museum can be. Why it took us 2 years of living here to figure it out, I'll never know, but we are beginning to make up for it by going 2 times in 2 weeks. We went with our good friends Bri, Violet & Ginny (thanks for cooperating and smiling/looking straight at the camera).

Ginny, Riley and Emma going down the Glacial slide. So cute!When we went with Aunt Monica we did a lot of building and had a blast. Sweet hard hats just like Bob the Builder (who Riley didn't know even existing until 2 days previous to this).

Emma liked to play too, but mostly just by eating the bolts..uh-oh.Even a sweet tool belt too! This is the final product.

She got to concentrating really hard and started to do cute things with her tongues. So silly!

Here is her tongue in action: ( you might have to wait for it)

This was a really fun part of the museum and some of the parents (read: Dads) got really into and took over the play from their kids and made fancy buildings and towns and who knows what while their kid got bored and went off to play with another family. I over heard a wife come in ask her husband how long they would be in this area. His response: 2 hours.
I am proud of Monica and myself for letting Riley creatively play (I can be a little perfectionist sometimes so it was nice to not be for once and have fun!) and I think her final structure turned out somewhat artistic, although abstract. Way to work Riley! So much fun to watch you play.