Showing posts with label Toddler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toddler. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Our Fun Day!


Last Wednesday the electricity in our neighborhood was completely shut off for an emergency replacement they had to do nearby. It was going to be off between 1 and midnight - that's a long time for no air conditioning and high 80's outside! Usually the kiddos go down for naps about 1 and wake anywhere from 2:30 on, but I decided it was already too warm in their rooms, no way they were going to sleep and we needed to get out of the house till it cooled down. I got to thinking about the different things we could do and the Indianapolis Children's Museum popped in my mind. We recently bought a year's membership there so I knew we could go for free and stay as long as we like up until closing time at 5pm. My husband doesn't work too far from there so he could even swing by after to work to join us.

I decided that was it and we were off. I grabbed a backpack filled with delicious snacks and cold drinks and out the door we went! I didn't tell either of them so it would be a surprise when we got there. My son calls it the "Dinosaur Museum" because of the cool dinosaurs that are breaking through the front of the museum and also the ones trying to climb in.














Saturday, September 4, 2010

TRIO Building System


At Christmastime last year I was gathering up presents to go under the tree(along with the ones Santa would be bringing, of course!) and we always try to be sure our kids have the same amount to open- that way they can open at the same time. So, I was doing my research on the internet and I came across a great deal for TRIO blocks on Amazon, at a really great price. I had honestly not heard of them before. The deal was for a large "King's Castle". It looked really neat, but I decided it was a bit big for a final gift to throw under the tree. I took a mental note of it and found another to to buy him instead.

Fast forward a few months and you will find us in our local Target, going up and down the toy aisle(as we ALWAYS do, lol). We checked out the Lego aisle and I noticed the TRIO blocks as well. I had seen them a few times since Christmas, but this time they really caught my eye! Target had a TRIO Building Set on sale for