Austin Children's Museum

Our Children's Museum has a 'baby bloomers' program for the 0-3 year old crowd on Monday mornings. Complete with story time and sing-along. Plus these little ones get a chance to explore the museum and play with all the cool stuff without the fear of being trampled by bigger kids. We had so much fun! And Emilee (my friend's daughter who has stayed with us for the past week and is here for one more week) was a huge help to have along for this adventure (of course she's a huge help everywhere!) The boys also love having a cute blond around, but who can blame them really?

Here are a few photos and videos from our adventure today. They LOVED the slide and spent about 60% of the time there. We had to practically pry the maraca out of Mason's hand - he thought that was the best thing ever (that instrument will most likely become part of our music collection in the near future). And note Ethan in the first 10 seconds of the last video...I ask him "Was that fun?" and he said "Yeah" That's a new thing for him. He also said it on the way home when asked if he wanted more freeze-dried apples (and also signed "more" after saying "yeah"). Both Mason and Ethan have been doing great with using their "more", "eat" and "all done" signs at meals and snacks and have even started using "more" and "all done" in other context (like more play or when they want to stay in their wagon or stroller for a longer walk - or when they are all done with the playing and walking!)