Showing posts with label discovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discovery. Show all posts

Monday, January 5, 2009

A little discovery of fun....

Last week Laurie and I took the kiddos to a children's science museum. They had a great time blowing bubbles at the bubble ball, playing at the "grocery store" (Seri's favorite) and the "veterinary hospital" (Tanner's favorite). They even layed down on a bed of nails! A great little place to play during winter break. Thanks Laurie and Ben!


*Note: Tanner LOVED playing in the veterinary hospital. He did not want to leave. He was in heaven playing with all of the stuffed animals, putting collars on them, and then hooking the hookers onto the collars. (that's how he says it, too). He is so funny. They had real animal x-rays, water and food trays (bones included), and pet cages to haul the animals around in. Tanner tried to put the ginormous turtle in the cage with the collar and leash. I just stood in the corner and tried not to laugh because he was just in his own little world hoping nobody else was watching him. Had I thought about this, I would have gotten him collars and leashes (hookers) for Christmas and he would have been set!




Now this is a dream......






I think I would have lived here when I was younger. I mean look at this! Grocery Store heaven! For those of you who don't know, I am secretly obsessed with cash registers. I know, I know... weird. I can't explain it, but something just ignites within me when I see cash registers. I just HAVE to go and push the buttons. I spent HOURS playing store when I was a little girl. After going grocery shopping with my mom, I would beg her to let me play grocery store afterwards. She'd put all the refrigerator food away, and I'd play with the rest promising to put it all back. I would make pretend receipts, grab any play money around, write out pretend checks, fake many signatures, and bag everything up. There was nothing better. And still to this day whenever I walk by one (on display) I still have to just go touch the buttons to see what they feel like. So when I saw this setup, I secretly wanted to join in with the kids and pretend like I was 5 again, but I thought maybe all the adults around me who were taking pictures of their kids playing would think I was a bit odd. What they don't know is I'll be back!