Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Connecticut Science Center

We spent Tuesday morning at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford.  This anamatronic dinosaur was the first of many.  Temu wanted to see it up close . . . but not too close.  


We learned about rivers.


We raced some cars.


We saw rockets and spacemen.


We learned a little about physics.  Temu was pleased with the 24 pounds of pressure that he can produce. Not bad when you only weigh 25 pounds!


Momma tried her luck with the radar gun.



The museum is on stories 4, 5, and 6 of a building overlooking the river and interstate.  Temu enjoyed watching the trucks roll by.


Then it was time for more dinosaurs.  Shortly after this picture, daddy was "fired" from his duties as protector in favor of mamma.  Still, Temu was very brave, despite the loud roars and robotic movements of the dinosaurs.




This beach ball fascinated Temu.  It's on a little stream of air that keeps it elevated.


You play these drums by stepping on them.  Obviously that was a big hit.


The grande finale was the water exhibit.  We were prepared with a second set of clothes.  All and all it was a great day trip.




Sunday, April 22, 2012

April update

Here's a sampling of what we've been up to the last couple weeks.

Making bongo drums out of clorox wipes


Grilling

Hikes, with time for throwing rocks into the stream

Playing in the water table

Snack break

Throwing the ball at the tree and being delighted when the tree "throws the ball back."

Checking out the 2012 models of mowees

Climbing in the back yard

Meeting our fellow Ethiopian Tege at the park

Wearing our jedi outfits, aka daddy's scrub tops

Shopping at the politically correct co-op

Shopping at the politically incorrect Walmart

Breakfast out for Daddy and the little king.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

An Easter Baptism

On Saturday, April 7th Temu was baptized at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Easthampton, MA.  We had a lot of family in attendance for the weekend, which was excellent!  To view our whole album, click here:
                            Baptism Weekend Album