We went to the
Providence Children's Museum a few days ago. It had a lot of things that both Anna and Matthew could enjoy. Here they are moving foamy rocks with all the little construction trucks.
Also in the building and construction area, a roller to sit on. Matthew thought it was a little too high, but also fun.
Matthew's favorite thing in the building area seemed to be this crane that he asked to revisit a few times. He also got to wear a construction vest, sit in a truck and sit in a little boat. Then he got to build a road on a big 3D table map. He loved it.
Anna found a wooden cow in one of the history of Rhode Island rooms. Here she is making a mooing sound, which she started doing, all on her own as soon as she saw the cow. She has "moo" down pretty well.
Anna and grandma hoist the sails at the big ship (also in the history of RI area)
In the Bones exhibit Matthew got to sit on a bike next to a skeleton. Creepy.
And then we sat on this big (also creepy) chair lady. Right around the corner there was a very creepy marionette exhibit, but I won't post those pictures - I don't want to scare anyone. :)
These air tubes were lots of fun. You could poke a handkerchief or ball into the tubes and use an air switch to control where the items went in the tube. Then they came shooting out an opening at the top. One of the handkerchiefs landed on Anna's head after it came shooting out. We had a lot of fun playing with this.
The water room. Matthew was a little young for some of the things in there, but he loved splashing in the water. Here he got to race some balls down the water pipes.
The big wave in the water room.
Water table fun.
The giant
lite brite. Matthew thought it was sort of ok.
But Anna loved it. I think she may have bullied the bigger girls out. I tried to protect them from her.
She thought it was fun.
Playing with blocks.
Matthew and I try to walk with the BIG FEET outside. Unsuccessful.
They had a big percussion display, made of all found objects (an old bike rack, the fork of a bike, PVC pipes of different lengths) and they let the kids go at it with sticks. My mom and I had a great time hitting everything on there to see what it would sound like. I need one of these at home as a stress reliever. Oh, and the kids liked it too. :)
After the museum we stopped at the carousel at
Roger Williams Park. Matthew loved the "merrick go round" and is still talking about it.
Also at Roger Williams Park - a little playground (sponsored by Hasbro, which is headquartered in RI) featuring Mr. Potato Head. After we took our picture another little boy tried to get a picture and got a pretty good head bump from Mr. Potato Head's mustache. Never has a mustache been so dangerous. Poor kid.
The roller slide. Matthew's favorite at the park. It really reminds me of the many many roller slides in Japan, except the ones in Japan are
HUGE.
Running on the Candy Land trail
Matthew sits in the special swing at the playground
Matthew holds Anna's hand in the car on the way home. He does this sometimes when she cries. She really likes it. Here he's making pretend snoring sounds to help her fall asleep. It was a busy day.
We went to the Providence Children's Museum a few days ago. It had a lot of things that both Anna and Matthew could enjoy. Here they are moving foamy rocks with all the little construction trucks.
Also in the building and construction area, a roller to sit on. Matthew thought it was a little too high, but also fun.
Matthew's favorite thing in the building area seemed to be this crane that he asked to revisit a few times. He also got to wear a construction vest, sit in a truck and sit in a little boat. Then he got to build a road on a big 3D table map. He loved it.
Anna found a wooden cow in one of the history of Rhode Island rooms. Here she is making a mooing sound, which she started doing, all on her own as soon as she saw the cow. She has "moo" down pretty well.
Anna and grandma hoist the sails at the big ship (also in the history of RI area)
In the Bones exhibit Matthew got to sit on a bike next to a skeleton. Creepy.
And then we sat on this big (also creepy) chair lady. Right around the corner there was a very creepy marionette exhibit, but I won't post those pictures - I don't want to scare anyone. :)
These air tubes were lots of fun. You could poke a handkerchief or ball into the tubes and use an air switch to control where the items went in the tube. Then they came shooting out an opening at the top. One of the handkerchiefs landed on Anna's head after it came shooting out. We had a lot of fun playing with this.
The water room. Matthew was a little young for some of the things in there, but he loved splashing in the water. Here he got to race some balls down the water pipes.
The big wave in the water room.
Water table fun.
But Anna loved it. I think she may have bullied the bigger girls out. I tried to protect them from her.
She thought it was fun.
Playing with blocks.
Matthew and I try to walk with the BIG FEET outside. Unsuccessful.
They had a big percussion display, made of all found objects (an old bike rack, the fork of a bike, PVC pipes of different lengths) and they let the kids go at it with sticks. My mom and I had a great time hitting everything on there to see what it would sound like. I need one of these at home as a stress reliever. Oh, and the kids liked it too. :)
After the museum we stopped at the carousel at Roger Williams Park. Matthew loved the "merrick go round" and is still talking about it.
Also at Roger Williams Park - a little playground (sponsored by Hasbro, which is headquartered in RI) featuring Mr. Potato Head. After we took our picture another little boy tried to get a picture and got a pretty good head bump from Mr. Potato Head's mustache. Never has a mustache been so dangerous. Poor kid.
The roller slide. Matthew's favorite at the park. It really reminds me of the many many roller slides in Japan, except the ones in Japan are HUGE.
Running on the Candy Land trail
Matthew sits in the special swing at the playground
Matthew holds Anna's hand in the car on the way home. He does this sometimes when she cries. She really likes it. Here he's making pretend snoring sounds to help her fall asleep. It was a busy day.
5 comments:
What an awesome museum and park! I wish they had that when my kids were that age! Loved the pictures!
That park looks like so much fun! A giant Mr. Poataoe Head that is so cool I love him!
That is a creepy chair lady.
Looks like a great museum and park!
The creepy chair lady reminded me of the lady in the Nutcracker with the huge dress who has little dancing children living inside. Also kinda creepy.
I'm glad Matthew liked the Merrick Go Round. He knows where the fun is.
I'd like to request a video of mooing Anna if this is at all feasible.
looks like you guys have so much fun! Those look like awesome places! And how sweet is the hand holding?! Taylor just tells luke to be quiet when he cries...
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