Jolly Days at the Children's Museum

mommy and i went to the children's museum over the weekend with my friend madelyn and her mommy (our mommies used to work together, and we were born 2 days apart!). it was the first day of their Christmas exhibit: Jolly Days Winter Wonderland. santa hadn't arrived yet (he doesn't come to indy until after thanksgiving), but madelyn and i had fun playing in all the areas.

first, we went ice fishing. our mommies helped us hook a fish, and then we carried them around on our pole.

then we cooked special treats in the big chef's kitchen. i need one of these at my house. the kitchen had everything, even a huge baker's oven. i was very careful not to touch the oven racks when i put my cookie sheet in because mommy always says the oven was hot. but this one must not have been on yet because it didn't feel too hot to me. i was also careful to put on my oven mitts without mommy even asking me to.

next we played in the snow castle, which was my favorite in the Christmas exhibit area because it had a slide and places to climb and peek out windows. i liked to hide in the castle and pop up to peek out at mommy. and it was tall so i felt really high!

while we were playing on the snow castle it started to get really busy with lots of kids, so our mommies took us to a different area in the museum that is a favorite of mine: playscape. i love playscape because there are lots of contraptions with balls and a big enclosed climbing area. there are also sand tables where madelyn and i would sit and shovel sand and dump, shovel and dump, shovel and dump. mommy liked that area a lot because there were stools where she could sit (silly mommy).

i had so much fun at the museum with madelyn. i hope i can go back soon, but mommy said it might be our last big outing before baby sister comes. daddy keeps telling me baby sister will be here very soon, and i'm really excited about it. i like to give her kisses in mommy's belly. i hope she lets me give her kisses when she's outside mommy's belly too. stay tuned for the big announcement -- i'm told we'll get to meet her soon after thanksgiving! :)

Categories: fun with friends, the kids