We had such a wonderful visit with David's mom last week. She and her husband came in on Saturday and stayed the whole week. Cyrena loved having company. She even used her grandma for show & tell on Thursday. Her clues were "she loves me, I love her, she's a girl." Then she called her grandma in and all the kids were giggling...too cute. The highlight of the trip was spending all day Friday in Mesa. David took the day off (hooray!!!) and we went to the temple then Sweetcakes for lunch and then to the Arizona Museum of Natural History. It was an excellent day and full of fun memories.
Natalie was enthralled with the Christus, she just kept pointing, babbling, and smiling. We think she recognized Him.
At the last minute I grabbed a bag of plastic dinosaurs from my preschool stash. I kept them in the stroller and every time we saw a specific dinosaur, I got it out of my bag, and gave it to her to put in her little purse. She thought this was awesome! She's really good at identifying dinosaurs so this was another way to reinforce that.
They had all kinds of wood floor puzzles throughout the museum. They were hard, but fun! We love puzzles.
Natalie loved this aquarium, we had to tear her away. This one fish just kept looking at her....
She....had.....to......touch....EVERYTHING. Luckily this was a kid friendly museum!
We love Grandma!
During a break, we had to take a few trips up and down in the elevator.....Cyrena loves them.
Here they're 'making' a clay coil potWe also got to hold some pottery from the B.C. era....very cool
Cyrena and I in an old Arizona jail cell
We got to pan for gold! This was so fun. The water was stocked with all kinds of gold flakes/nuggets. And they give you a bag to keep it in.
Cyrena showing me a good-sized nugget
She was not to be left out. She was SOAKED by the end of this
Relaxing while we let Natalie run around and dry off
"What a great day"
Next we went to the 'light and color' room. Grandma made a cat with tangrams, cool!
David fulfilling his dream of becoming a weatherman
Blacklight
Watching a movie by turning a crankWe were so lucky to spend such a fun day together. It makes me look forward to next time!
11 comments:
What a fun day! Definatley looks like a place worth checking out. Jalen actually mentioned Cyrena's "Special" show & tell. I thought it was so cute!
Logan mentioned that Cyrena told him about the dinosaur museum. Now he wants to go there. Looks like so much fun.
What a fun day!! I bet the girls were worn out after all the exploring & walking & for Natalie splashing. LOL
How cute that Cyrena used grandma for show & tell. <3 it!!
I also LOVE the fact that as a teacher you do stuff to help her to recognize dinosaurs. You are awesome & you make me giggle. Can I be you when I grow up?!?!
That museum looks like so much fun!!
That museum is a must see! I didnt know the museum would be so kid-friendly! Very fun :)
Our grandparents live so close that we never get to experience the activities involved in Grandparents coming to visit. Looks like so much fun!
What a fun museum...and a fun Grandma! She is adorable. Grandma's are the best!! What a great week....and I love that Cyrena had her be her show and tell!! Too cute! We will have to go to that museum, my boys love dinosaurs!
what a great day. I am having a small issue with what Natalie is wearing- an outfit that I clearly remember Cyrena wearing and it couldn't have been that long ago-what time warp am I in???
Wow, looks like you found some great things to do that week. Hooray that David got to take off so you could spend the day together.
And I agree with Jess, it's amazing that you would take the time to teach about dinosaurs like that. Congrats on taking advantage of a teaching moment.
Cool museum.. did David enjoy it himself as much as the girls? haha..
Love the pics of you guys at the Temple...aww I love the Temple!! So cool about the fun day at the museum!!! Fun times!
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