Happy 4th of July

We hope you had a wonderful 4th of July :)

Portland Children’s Museum

Wednesday, we ventured out again and went to the Portland Children’s Museum.  This place was awesome!  There was SO many cool things to do.  Callie Beth was an angel and Ben slept!  :)

At one point, a little girl took a shovel from CB’s hands.  She looked at me and said “But Mom, I had it first”.  As the other parent just sat there, I said “I know” and went and got Callie Beth another one…

Water WorksBrushing the Alligators Teeth Grasshopper Grocery & Butterfly BistroThe Baby’s GardenDig Pit The Clay Studio Wonder Corner Vroom Room Play It Again Theater It was so much fun to be able to do all these things with Callie Beth.  I wish Jake could have come.  But looking at these pictures, it’s kinda sad…she isn’t a baby anymore.  She is such a big girl now!  We had a great mini-trip!  

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Auntie Ann and The Little Fish

Aunt Ann (Jake’s Aunt) came up to the hotel to see us and meet Baby Ben!  She was so kind to watch the kids for a little bit while Jake and I snuck down to the lobby to have a drink.  We then all went out to dinner.  After dinner, Jake and Callie Beth went swimming.  This girl LOVES the water!!!

We had a suite type hotel room where there was a king bed and then a pull out bed.  In between, there was a pocket door.  We thought this would be perfect.  CB could go to bed and we could watch TV and hang out.  WRONG…she was not liking that door being closed between us.  We did manage to talk her into leaving it a crack.  At one point I thought I heard her, I looked up to find this… Sneaky….who knows how long she was there.  We all had a good laugh!

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OMSI

So, one of my fears about having two children was taking them both out places by myself and still be able to keep both kids happy and well behaved. 

On Tuesday, I finally overcame my fear and took the kids to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry).  They have a great area called the Science Playground for children under 6.  It’s a place for kids to play, explore, and engage in science.  Callie Beth had a blast!  She was so well behaved. She played very well with all the other kids and loved to people watch.  She did run from me once.  As soon as I caught up to her, she told me she was tired and wanted to go “night night”.  That was our cue to leave.  Ben was of course an angel and slept! 

I really wish we had more stuff like this closer to home.

Please excuse the pictures, we left the camera at the Grandparents house so all these are with my cell phone!

Fossil FootprintsMagnifying Glass with ButterfliesCheese…Bear CaveArtPlaydoughMagnetsThe storeEarthquake HouseAnd this is what a long morning at OMSI does to you…long nap time in the hotel :)

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Ben meets his Great Grandparents

Jake had a class in Portland the last couple of days.  We thought we would tag along!  On our way up, we stopped at Jake’s grandparents house so they can meet their newest Great Grandson (he makes number 13)