tomorrow is saturday.
Posted on March 12, 2010
And tomorrow Chris is gone, again, all day with soccer. So today I am trying to figure out something fun to do with the kids in the chilly rain they’re predicting. But every idea I come up I’m afraid every other parent in the city will have had also. And I really can’t do all three kids in a crowd without help.
SO. Ideas?
Last Saturday was gorgeous so I took the kids, for the first time, to the Museum of Transportation and my dad ended up tagging along. His meeting was canceled so he met me over there, which was great b/c the kids LOVED having a special day with PawPaw!
I haven’t been there since I was their age and truly have no memory of it, but I do remember being bored on field trips there! Luckily, my memory was totally off! The kids LOVED it! There are even enough fun things to climb on in the parking lot that you could never even step foot inside the museum and still have a good hour of play time!
I’ve always loved history so this was right up my alley. Reading about the trains, where they traveled, what they did, who rode on them, etc. It was really cool!
And it was fun to see the stages that my kids are in. Gray was happy to look at rocks and point to the trains. He took his time and was content walking slowly just taking it all in. Bailey was always in the front. Hurrying us, running ahead and circling back, skipping through the trains we could go in without stopping to take any of it in. Her motivation was to see it all and see it FAST. Parker was right in the middle. I could tell she wanted to keep up with Bailey but she was also a bit more curious than Bails and could have taken more time in some places.
What I found so interesting was remembering my parents. Every vacation we went on had to have some kind of educational aspect to it when I was a kid. We were never a family to sit on the beach but instead we were at museums and historical markers and national parks. And I remember being SO annoyed that my parents took SOOOOO long looking at things and reading EVERYTHING b/c I was at the stage Bailey is in.. I wanted to run through and move on! It was just neat to finally be on the other side of things! I wanted to stay and read everything, learn what I could, etc. I’m just glad I remember what it used to feel like so I can appreciate where they are now.
And where they are now is so great! Enjoying the simple things like balancing on a curb! Days like last Saturday remind me that through all the laundry and messes and whining that I really do love being a mother.
my kids LOVE the art museum! we have been taking them there since they were babies. dale also use to take them by himself- even when they were 1,2 and 3- so I could have some time off. it’s usually not that crowded either. sundays they have family friendly events too…
Jodie, I was just reading your blog about to leave this comment and got an email that you posted something on my blog. good timing! =)
Anyways, my suggestion is:
Bring them to South Bend, IN, we have tons of stuff to do here! =)